Lauria Goes Flushing to Win Monster
On the flop of , Lauria checked to Timothy Burt who checked as well. Sorel Mizzi was the third player in the hand and also checked.
The turn card was the and Lauria fired 6,000. Burt flat-called and then Mizzi raised it up to 20,000. Lauria moved all in for 64,300 and then Burt went into the tank. Eventually, Burt called all-in for 46,500 total. Mizzi was now up and he tanked for several minutes while getting a massage. He asked for exact counts on the stacks and had the dealer pull in the 20,000 from each player. Eventually, Mizzi mucked his hand, folding the face up. Lauria held the for a higher flush and Burt needed the board to pair with the , having turned a set of sixes.
The river wouldn't do it for Burt, when the rolled off and the board didn't pair up. He was sent home and Lauria scooped the massive pot to storm to 150,000.