Helppi Cracks Sammartino's Aces
Niveau 7
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
In a battle of the blinds, Dario Sammartino limped and then three-bet against Juha Helppi to see the latter call and head to a flop of 
. Sammartino fired a bet of 33,000 and Helppi came along to see the 
on the turn.
Now, Sammartino bet 58,000 and Helppi called before the 
on the river completed the board. Sammartino shoved and Helppi called all in for 119,000. The Italian flipped over 
and Helppi had that beat with 
for two pair to double up.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
490,000 | 240,000 |
|
55,000 | -235,000 |
and took the pot with top pair.
, Timothy Adams in the small blind checked and Orpen Kisacikoglu bet 17,000 for around half the pot from the cutoff. Daniel Dvoress folded on the button and Adams called.
on the river went check, check. Adams flipped over 
and that was good enough to win the pot, as Kisacikoglu mucked.
flop, Uspenskiy bet 65,000 and that shut down all further betting action, as Kanit folded.
already out on the table, Max Silver was facing a big decision. Silver had checked from the big blind and his neighbor Charlie Carrel had just pushed all in for effectively 86,500.
and Silver flashed 
before he got up and made his exit.
-turn were both harmless, but the 
, Aldemir check-called a bet worth 10,000 and did so again on the 
turn for 20,000.
fell on the river and Aldemir checked the third street in a row. Wheeler bet 37,500 and Aldemir spent a long time to make a decision. Just when the clock was about to be called, Aldemir called and Wheeler instantly mucked his cards to forfeit the pot.
for the superior kicker and claimed the pot.