Sammartino Makes Mazza Fold an Overpair
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Dario Sammartino his table was moved to the featured table and he played a hand against Day 1b chip leader Sylvain Mazza.
Sammartino raised with 
from middle position and Mazza three-bet to 17,000 from the cutoff holding 
. The action folded back to Sammartino and he went for the four-bet to 42,000. Mazza called and they went to the flop.
The flop fell 
and Sammartino continued with a bet of 35,000. Mazza went for the raise to 75,000 with his overpair of queens. Sammartino then went on to three-bet all in for 273,000 and the decision was back at Mazza. He thought about it for several minutes before he threw his overpair into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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439,500
299,500
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299,500 |
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246,000
94,000
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94,000 |
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