02-24-2010 12:22 UTC-12

Marchese Snaps Off Clemente

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Daniel Clemente's bluff failed.

After the elimination of Eric Blair, play seemed to tighten up (the opposite of what usually happens after the first elimination). After a series of raise-it-and-take-it pots, action folded to Tom Marchese in the small blind. He opened for 190 and big blind Daniel Clemente called.

Marchese continued his aggression with a bet of 215,000 on a flop of {7-Diamonds}

{7-Diamonds}

{10-Diamonds}

{2-Spades}

. Clemente called. Both players checked the {K-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

turn and Marchese also checked the {K-Spades}

{K-Spades}

river. Clemente tried to buy the pot with a river bet of 300,000 but Marchese was there to look him up. Clemente's tabled hand was queen-high; Marchese took the pot with a pair of sevens.

Tags: Daniel Clemente Tom Marchese