06-27-2009 15:26 UTC-12

Malaguti Up, Bellande Down

Shamus

Flaminio Malaguti

Shawn Buchanan raised from the button, Jean-Robert Bellande three-bet from the small blind, Flaminio Malaguti made it four bets from the big blind, Buchanan dropped out, and Bellande called.

The flop came {K-Hearts}

{K-Hearts}

{Q-Clubs}

{4-Diamonds}

. Malaguti bet, Bellande raised, and Malaguti called with his last chips, showing {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{J-Clubs}

versus Bellande's {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{7-Clubs}

. The turn was the {3-Hearts}

{3-Hearts}

and the river the {K-Spades}

{K-Spades}

, and Malaguti survives.

Bellande, meanwhile, was crippled on that one, and soon after was all in with {6-Clubs}

{6-Clubs}

{6-Diamonds}

versus Andreas Hoivold's {K-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

{K-Spades}

. Bellande couldn't catch up, and he's out.