May 29, 2019
With the final board showing on the river and more than 200K already in the pot, Chance Kornuth moves all in from the big blind, and Tom Marchese (UTG+1) tanks for a long time before he folds. Kornuth takes the pot — and the chip lead.
Chance Kornuth – 625,000 (208 bb)
Tom Marchese – 160,000 (53 bb)
Ben Yu says to Kornuth, “Show a king or a queen.” Noah Schwartz adds, “Or a nine.”
Kornuth pauses for a moment, and then slides out both of his cards face down, letting Marchese pick one card. Marchese points to a card, and Kornuth flips it over — the , which elicits an excited “Yes!” from Yu.