Hands #37-42: Sammartino's Ace-High No Good
Hand #37: Dario Sammartino called the blind from late position and Doug Polk checked. The flop came ![]()
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and Polk checked. Sammartino bet 300,000 and Polk called. Polk checked the
and Sammartino checked back. On the
river, Polk checked and Sammartino bet 500,000.
Polk thought about a minute and said something to Sammartino before he released.
Hand #38: Rainer Kempe moved all in from the button. That got two folds from the blinds.
Hand #39: Sammartino raised to 650,000. Everyone behind him folded.
Hand #40: Polk raised from the cutoff to 650,000 and nobody wanted to play.
Hand #41: Bertrand Grospellier opened to 650,000 first to act. Sammartino defended the big blind.
The flop came ![]()
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and Sammartino checked. Grospellier bet 750,000. Sammartino called to see the
. Both players checked. A
arrived on the river. Both checked again and Sammartino lost the showdown with ![]()
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Hand #42: Martin Jacobson raised preflop and won the pot from the button.