$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em

Level 24: Blinds 12k/24k/3k ante
4 players remaining, 2.6 mill avg (108 bb)

Andrew Batkin and Stephen Diamantas are in a preflop raising war.

Batkin makes it 400k, Diamantas moves all in for 954k total and Batkin makes the reluctant call.

Batkin:
Diamantas:

Flop: (Diamantas leads)

Turn: (Batkin flush draw)

River:

“Always a sweat,” says Diamantas, who fades the flush and hears a cheer from the rail birds who are playing at the cash tables.

Diamantas doubles to nearly 2 million, while Batkin is cut in half to 1 million.