03-23-2010 20:53 UTC+2

[Removed:198] Gets Nasty

[user46392]

[Removed:198] - scrabbling for chips

Wow, gigantic hand craziness here.

[Removed:197] opened for 5,200 and Paul Valkenburg made it 14,800 to go. Claudio Piceci flat-called in the big blind and the action moved back to [Removed:198] - who re-popped for 200,000 to cover them both. Valkenburg called all in for around 100,000, and after a few minutes' agonized deliberation, Piceci folded {J-Clubs}

{J-Clubs}

{J-Diamonds}

up leaving himself 38,000 - a decision he would soon regret.

Valkenburg: {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{K-Hearts}

[Removed:198]: {8-Hearts}

{8-Hearts}

{8-Diamonds}

Board:

{7-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{3-Clubs}

{10-Spades}

{J-Spades}

Nobody had a spade, and Valkenburg's pair of aces was good to double him up to 220,000. [Removed:198] was left with 127,000 although he appeared absolutely sanguine about it, and Piceci grumbled in Italian for a little while.