Dan Shak raised to open the pot from his seat under the gun, and action passed around to late position. Paul Knebel moved all in from the hijack seat, and Maurizio Baravalle re-shoved all in over the top. When it came back to Shak, he chuckled and flipped his pocket tens face-up into the muck. The stacks of the two all-inners were very close, and the cards were turned up:
Knebel:
Baravalle:
Oh. Well that's not much fun. There were no four-flush theatrics on a clean board that came , and they'll chop up the blinds and antes plus some of Shak's money.
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The very next hand, Alfio Battisti opened the pot to 25,000 from middle position, and Paul Knebel moved all in again. Battisti quickly folded, and Knebel flashed and grinned widely. Anyone want to count that deck dow?
, and they'll chop up the blinds and antes plus some of Shak's money.