11-17-2009 17:13 UTC

Taking It With Good Grace

[user46392]

Giuseppe Sarlo in the hijack and Richard Grace on the button saw a {5-Diamonds}

{5-Diamonds}

{3-Hearts}

{J-Clubs}

flop, which Sarlo checked. Grace bet a roughly pot-sized 2,200, to which Sarlo responded by raising to 5,500. Call.

Both players checked the {K-Spades}

{K-Spades}

turn and Sarlo checked the {9-Hearts}

{9-Hearts}

river too. "How much do you have?" asked Grace - around 17,000 - and then moved all in to cover. Sarlo thought about it very briefly before closing his eyes and plonking his whole stack in the middle - and then cried, "YESSSS!!!" with an exuberance only an Italian can really pull off when his {K-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

{9-Diamonds}

turned out to have steamed miles ahead of Grace's {Q-Clubs}

{Q-Clubs}

{J-Clubs}

on he turn and river.

Sarlo is up to over 50,000; Grace is back down to his 30,000 starting stack.

Tags: Giuseppe Sarlo Richard Grace