Giuseppe Pantaleo Leaves Sadan Turker Short-Stacked
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Sadan Turker raised to 80,000 in the cutoff, and Giuseppe Pantaleo called in the small blind. The big blind folded, and they were heads-up.
On the flop of , Pantaleo check-called Turker's bet of 95,000. The turn was the
, and both players checked. On the
river, Pantaleo checked, Turker bet 160,000, and after a long hesitation, Pantaleo check-raised to 645,000. Turker went into the tank, and after around three minutes, he called.
Pantaleo showed him the bad news, as he had for the runner-runner nut flush.
Turker mucked and told Pantaleo, "You're killing me, man. I had a ten! I had ace-ten. What a sick river." He then walked away from the table briefly and returned to add, "Why didn't I just check the river?"
Turker was left with just three big blinds, and their discussion about the hand continued for the next several minutes as play went on.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,640,000
990,000
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990,000 |
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120,000
-830,000
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-830,000 |