Romanello Telling Lies

Action is a bit more measured as the players return from break. We pick up a tiny pot that's the most action we've seen at the outer table this level.

Under the gun, Roberto Romanello opened to 50,000. Magnus Borg Hansen made the call from the button, and it was heads up the rest of the way.

Romanello checked dark as the dealer ran a flop of {J-Diamonds}

. Hansen checked behind, and the action repeated itself on the turn. The {10-Clubs}

fell, and Hansen checked behind another Romanello dark check.

The last card off was the {3-Hearts}

with no dark check this time. Romanello raised his eyebrows and fired the minimum bet, 24,000. Hansen chuckled and thought it over, with Romanello's verbal assistance.

"I haven't got anything," said the Welshman. "Okay, I'll tell you what I have. I have king-high. It's good, right?" After just another moment, Hansen called.

Romanello corrected himself: "I mean I have a pair of eights." He turned over {8-Diamonds}