Bonavena Crippled

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On a {7-Diamonds} {J-Spades} {2-Clubs} flop, we watched Salvatore Bonavena lead out for 7,000, and Attilio Donato raised to 17,000. Bonavena smirked and chatted him up, then called to see the {8-Diamonds} turn. The Team PokerStars Pro checked this time, and Donato took his cue to bet 26,000. Bonavena did some more chatting, cutting down his ~89,000 chips to eye up the potential damage. After some painful deliberation, he decided that a shove was the right play, and Donato instantly called.

Bonavena spun his {K-Hearts} {K-Spades} high into the air and onto the felt, and he was in a big hole against the {2-Hearts} {2-Spades} of Donato. The river came the {6-Hearts} , and Bonavena could not catch up with his overpair. He thought he was eliminated, so he tried to push us out of the way to vacate the table.

Not so fast, Sal. He's still got 21,000 chips left, but it doesn't look like he's quite in the mood to play poker anymore. He angrily paid his debt and left his remaining chips unstacked in a messy pile in front of him, slouched in his chair with head shaking slowly back and forth.