Pichierri Triples Up
Level 23
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Alessandro Pichierri jammed the button for 60,000 with Rifat Palevic calling in the small blind and Grzegorz Flak calling out of the big blind.
With Pichierri all-in, Flak and Palevic checked a runout of K♥J♠2♣9♣8♥ all the way down and the cards were revealed.
Flak showed Q♥7♣ for a pair of queens and beat the A♦10♣ of Palevic for ace-high. Pichierri, however, revealed the winner with K♦5♦ for a pair of kings and he tripled up.
After the hand, Pichierri received a warning from the tournament director for speaking his native Italian to his rail during the hand, telling him he had flopped top pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,000,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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1,050,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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220,000
145,000
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145,000 |
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