Aido Takes One From Nei, Fate Has Strange Sense of Humour

A black-hooded Lingling Nei opened the action with a raise to 450 from middle position and Sergio Aido opted to play his position aggressively, re-raising to 1,600 from the button.

After a short visit to the think tank, Nei made the call with both players checking the flop. That was it for the betting in the hand and the turn and river came down and respectively.

First to act Nei had to show first and turned over but this was not enough to beat Aido’s and the Spaniard took down the small pot.

High-stakes tournament beast Nick Petrangelo has not long taken his seat but when it comes to seat draws it looks like fate has a funny sense of humor. Petrangelo is seated in the to the direct right of fellow high roller David Peters, Petrangelo in seat 8 and Peters in seat 9.

Why is this an unusual quirk of fate you may ask – the two were in almost exactly the same positions in one of the starting flights in the recent Aussie Millions Main event and butted heads numerous times.

Last time it was Petrangelo who enjoyed the rub of the green but Peters is hoping things go differently this time around.

“Hopefully I get a better result than last time,” quips Peters as the two share a chuckle about the draw.