Covaciu Survives a Flip Against Radicchi
Level 12
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Paul Covaciu raised to 9,000 under the gun and Lukas Pazma called next to act. Andrea Radicchi then three-bet to 36,000 on the button, Covaciu moved all in for 127,000, Pazma folded, and Radicchi called to put him at risk.
Paul Covaciu: 6♦6♣
Andrea Radicchi: A♠Q♦
Covaciu was flipping against Radicchi's massive stack and watched as the board ran out 2♠7♣4♠10♣J♣. Radicchi couldn't connect and Covaciu's pair of sixes held on to earn last year's fifth-place finisher a double up.
Radicchi shares this table with fellow big stacks Stefan Lehner and Axel Hallay.