James Romero Doubles Thru Longtime Chipleader Ryan Hughes

Photo:  James Romero (left) tanks after Ryan Hughes moves all in on the river.

James Romero raises from the cutoff, Ryan Hughes reraises from the button, and Romero calls. The flop comes , Romero checks, Hughes bets 55,000, and Romero calls.

The turn card is the , Romero checks, Hughes bets 100,000, and Romero calls. The river card is the , Romero checks, Hughes moves all in, and Romero tanks for a while before he calls all in for about 420,000.

Hughes shows for two pair, queens and deuces, but Romero turns over to win the pot with a higher two pair, queens and sevens, to double up in chips.

James Romero  –  1,330,000  (133 bb)
Ryan Hughes  –  540,000  (54 bb)

Hughes has been among the chipleaders for the past two days, but he’s just been knocked down to a below-average chip stack.