Romanello Talkative Again
Level 28
: 40,000/80,000, 5,000 ante
Roberto Romanello has slipped slightly in the last couple of orbits, with Emilliano Bono benefitting from the last loss of chips.
The action folded to Mr Romanello in the cutoff and he raised it up to 160,000, or twice the big blind. Bono, on the button, quickly reraised to 430,000 and when the rest of the table folded Romanello started his ritual of interogating his opponent.
"You wanna gamble?" he initially asked, before informing Bono that "I have a pocket pair."
Bono's face remained devoid of emotion, even when he was asked, "You have ace-king?"
Romanello finally folded and Bono, uncharacteristically silently mucked his hand,