Aces Hold for Pantaleo
Level 19
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Cutoff player Clyde Maliauka and big blind Giuseppe Pantaleo got themselves into a preflop raising war, as the two ended up all in with the pot totalling close to 1,500,000.
Giuseppe Pantaleo: A♣A♦K♦9♠
Clyde Maliauka: A♥7♠6♠5♥
Pantaleo was at risk and up against a hand with plenty of equity, but confined his opponent to runner-runner on the Q♦3♦3♠ flop. It kept getting better for Pantaleo, as the 10♦ turn gave him a flush and had his opponent drawing dead, with the 3♥ river improving him to a full house for good measure.