Petrangelo's Take On Last Night's Monster Hand
Nick Petrangelo bagged the overnight chip lead with a staggering 570,000-chip stack, but just now he came up to us to dispute the hand history that gave him the chip lead last night, which was received from Tonnie Krijn, the player Petrangelo busted.
According to Petrangelo, the hand from last night didn't result in him check-raising all in on the flop. Instead, he check-called the flop before getting the money in on the turn.
Petrangelo said, "There was a raise from early position to 5,000 and I three-bet with 
suited to 13,800 from the hijack. The player on my left, which we both started out with very deep stacks, four-bet to 32,000 and I called."
The two big stacks went heads up to the flop that showed 
, according to Petrangelo.
"I check-called a bet of 40,000, and the turn was another nine, so I made trips." Petrangelo said. "I led out for 43,700, and he ripped 170,000 total. I called and he had queens."
Petrangelo's three-of-a-kind held up to give him the win and vault his stack into the lead, which is where he closed out the night. He's now one of the top contenders in the EPT Barcelona Main Event on the third day of play as the field moves closer to the money.