Pagano Busto
Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano has just been eliminated in 51st place, his 18th cash on the EPT circuit, breaking his own record.
Pagano had been crippled just before the break but had doubled up through Bastien Casanova right after the restart.
Despite this double up he was still quite short on chips and needed to find a way to claw himself back into contention. He tried this before his exit hand when he moved all in for around 95,000 from middle position, a bet that won him the blind and antes.
The next hand he raised to 15,000 and when the action folded to Domantas Klimciauskas in the big blind he asked how much Pagano was playing. "106. It should be 106" and with that Klimciauskas moved a tower of yellow chips in front of the betting line, effectively putting Pagano all in.
The Italian then went into deep thought, removed his headphones and made the call.
Klimciauskas:
Pagano:
Pagano wasn't happy and said something in Italian which I am sure I wouldn't have been allowed to repeat on here even if I understood it and then said in English, "time to catch three outs" referring to the fact he could only really hit a king to win.
Flop:
- The flop essentially killed him off
Turn:
- Game over for Pagano
River: - Too little too late for Pagano who headed to the cashier's desk to pick up his winnings