Three-Way All In Craziness!
Flop:
Cecchi bet, Soulier raised him all in, and Cecchi called.
Opponent all in before the flop:
for an overpairCecchi:
for a better overpairSoulier:
for two pairTurn:
-- Soulier still aheadRiver:
and Cecchi makes a better two pair to take the pot.The dealer was actually about to pass the chips to Soulier, but the sight of Soulier shaking and apparently cursing the heavens brought him to his senses and the 35,000 pot went to Cecchi. The preflop all-in player was out, and Soulier was down to just 6,500.