Romanello's Misstep

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Francesco De Vivo and Roberto Romanello just tangled in a huge pot. It was a battle of the blinds, and it appeared that Romanello had called a raise before the flop.

We pick it up live as the dealer ran out a flop of {5-Hearts}

. De Vivo led out with 35,000, and Romanello was right there with a quick call. The {J-Spades}

hit the turn, drawing a check from De Vivo this time. Romanello eyed up the size of the pot and stuck out a bet of 80,000 straight. De Vivo gave a good stare before confidently plunking the call into the pot.

The last card off was the {7-Hearts}

, and De Vivo checked again. Without hesitation, Romanello announced an all in. It was an effective bet of 436,000, as that's all De Vivo had left. Still, it was a big overbet of the pot, and it took De Vivo aback. It would take several long minutes of staring and gear-turning thought before making up his mind. Very quietly, he announced, "I call."

"Good call," said Romanello, waiting to see if he'd have to show his cards first. De Vivo didn't make him; he turned up {A-Hearts}

for top pair. It was a fine call; Romanello slid his cards into the muck and began counting out the chips required to pay his big debt. When the dust settled, we could see that Romanello's stack has been nearly halved down to about 820,000. De Vivo has now overtaken him, sitting pretty with about 1.15 million.

Tags: Francesco De Vivo Roberto Romanello