"January $100,000 II" (Day 2): Sergio Amato Shows Up Late, Starts Off Great

"January $100,000 II"
$250 No Limit Hold'em | $100,000 GTD
Level 17 (Blinds 2,500/5,000/500)
Total Entries: 867
Players Remaining: 109

Sergio Amato (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) quickly looked up for a photo, as he was packing up his chips to find his third table of the day.

We're not sure if it was his intention, but Sergio Amato (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) showed up late for Day 2, with his original table already breaking by the time he arrived.  Just a few hands after sitting down, Amato would be heads-up and on the turn, in a hand against David Hixson.  Both players started with stacks just above average, and on a board reading J♠ 4♥ 8♣ K♦, Hixson put out a bet of 24,000.  Amato quickly put together his chips, amounting to about 90,000, and pushed them across his cards.  

Hixson quickly called Amato's all-in, and although he turned top two-pair with K♠ J♣, he was well behind Sergio's flopped set (4♠ 4♣).  The river brought the 9♣, which sealed the double for Amato, and left Hixson with less than half the average stack.

Sergio Amato - 260,000 (52bb)
David Hixson - 70,000 (14bb)