Breaking the Bank
A player in middle position opened the pot with a raise to 17,000. Thomas then kicked it up to a hearty 70,000 and when the action reached Chamma in the big blind, he moved all-in over the top. The initial raiser folded, but Thomas snap-called, tabling a pocket pair of aces. Chamma then tabled his own cards --


Five very safe community cards later, Thomas' aces remained supreme and he raked in the 540,000 pot.