Moschitta Spikes the River for Big Triple
We just saw a huge hand take place that inspired a celebration so boisterous that the entire room, including the €2,000 side event, grew eerily quiet.
It began when Eric Nhouyvanisvong opened for 22,000 and received a call from Micah Raskin in the cutoff. Luca Moschitto of PokerStars Team Online then moved all in from the small blind for 296,000. Nhouyvanisvong made the call, and then Raskin opted to move all in himself for 499,000 total. Nhouyvanisvong thought long and hard before making the call.
Showdown
Nhouyvanisvong: 
Raskin: 
Moschitta: 
Both Nhouyvanisvong and Moschitta seemed demoralized when they saw Raskin's red aces, but the 
flop made things interesting as it gave the Italian a flush draw.
"Heart, heart," Moschitta's girlfriend, Sofia Lovgren, yelled from one table over.
"Black," Raskin countered. The dealer obliged with the 
on the turn. "Black," Raskin said again knowing he was just one card away from the chip lead. This time the dealer did not listen and put down the 
. Muschitta hit his cards and celebrated at the top of his lungs, a celebration that caught the attention of everyone in the room.
Raskin was left shaking his head, though he did collect the side pot, while Nhouyvanisvong was crippled down to just 200,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
900,000
611,000
|
611,000 |
|
||
|
405,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
|
200,000
-563,000
|
-563,000 |
to Islamay's 
. From there, the board came 
, and Haxton doubled.
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. A pair of queens — 
— lay in front of Avdylaj. Polito's hand had already been mucked, and the dealer took away 190,000 chips off his stack and pushed them to Avdylaj.
.
, sending Kontonatsios home and giving yet another boost to Salsberg's stack.
and Forsmo threw out a c-bet of 21,000. Sheikh called and the 
. Sheikh mucked his hand and Forsmo added to his chip lead.
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completed the full house. The 
to give Dragar the double with his ace-high flush.
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