Monday, June 20, 2016 1:49 PM Local Time
Hand #44: Chopped Pot For Roger Sippl and Joseph Somerville
Joseph Somerville raises to 465,000 from under the gun. Action folds to Roger Sippl in the big blind, who reraises to 1,300,000. Somerville quickly calls.
The flop comes . Sippl checks, Somerville bets 1,000,000, and Sippl announces that he is all-in. Somerville shrugs his shoulders, exhales, and says "I call."
Sippl turns over , and Somerville shows . Upon seeing that they have the same hand, Sippl says to Somerville, "What are you doing playing that hand for Christ's sake?" as he pats Somerville on the shoulder. Both players have a good laugh as the dealer lays the turn, and river, resulting in a chopped pot.
"All that work and you guys won 25,000 each," Jamshid Lotfi jokes.
Joseph Somerville - 4,935,000 (49 bb)
Roger Sippl - 4,475,000 (44 bb)