03-24-2010 15:54 UTC+2

Alfio Battisti is the Bubble Boy

Mickey Doft

Battisti Bubbles

What a tough way to go. From the cutoff, Alfio Battisti raised to 11,500 and Evgeniy Zaytsev re-raised on the button. The blinds folded and Battisti went all in for roughly 100,000. Zaytsev called and the hands were revaled:

Zaytsev: {3-Spades}

{3-Spades}

{3-Diamonds}

Battisti:

{A-Diamonds}

{A-Hearts}

The flop came {J-Spades}

{J-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{2-Spades}

and while Battisti flopped top set, Zaytsev picked up a flush draw. The {10-Spades}

{10-Spades}

turn was not what Battisti wanted to see, needing the board to pair on the river to stay alive. The {5-Spades}

{5-Spades}

fell and while both played a flush, Zaytsev's three played.

Tags: Alfio Battisti Evgeniy Zaytsev