Pagano's Great Start Continues
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Luca Pagano is loving life right now. He just took care of Balazs Botond to approach a million chips.
The Team PokerStars Pro raised to 27,000 from the cut-off before Botond three-bet to 64,000 from the small blind. Pagano paused before he set his opponent in for the 190,000 or so he had back. Botond made a quick call to set up a showdown.
Pagano: 
Botond: 
The board ran 
.
The Italian had a sweat from turn to river but his hand held up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
980,000
219,000
|
219,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |