Portaro Gets Huge Double Despite Airballing
Level 4
: 150/300, 300 ante
Sam Grafton was in the big blind, betting into a huge pot of around 10,000 with ![]()
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on the table. Bruno Portaro raised to 8,000 from the button and Grafton fired back, shoving for an effective 33,050. Portaro called off.
Grafton held ![]()
for an open-ended straight draw, and while Portaro had only ace-high at the time, he was in great shape with ![]()
, significantly blocking Grafton's hand.
The
and
runout bricked each players' draws and Portaro found himself stacking a giant pot despite airballing.