A Chip and a Chair for Sammartino

Hand #1

Dario Sammartino raised to 90,000 and Anson Tsang on the button three-bet the pot to 310,000. Sammartino gave it some thought and called. On the flop, Sammartino pushed all in and Tsang called it off for 580,000.

Anson Tsang:
Dario Sammartino:

Sammartino had a ton of outs, but the turn and river were blanks to leave the Italian with 20,000.

Hand #2

Sammartino moved all in blind for the last 20,000 before he even received the first card and once the deal was completed, Tsang raised the pot to 160,000. Martin Kozlov called in the big blind and the flop came . Kozlov shoved for 330,000 and Tsang called to create a three-way showdown.

Dario Sammartino:
Martin Kozlov:
Anson Tsang:

The turn and river completed the board and Sammartino quadrupled up with queens and eights, while Kozlov won the big side pot with his tens and nines to double through Kozlov.