Full House vs Trip Aces for De Michele

Ben Weiss

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Levon Donabedian limped in from late position, before Alessandro De Michele made it 600. Vladimir Lipnitskii called from the big blind and so too did Donabedian, making it three ways to the flop.

It came out A?3?4? and Lipnitskii acted first with a check. Donabedian checked as well, before De Michele led out for 1,000. That was enough to get Lipnitskii out of the hand, but Donabedian stayed around and made the call.

He checked again on the K? turn, but was again bet into by the Italian who made it 2,500. Donebedian called.

The A?river proved to- be an interesting one. Donebedian checked for a third street, but turned aggressor after De Michele bet 8,600. The Frenchman quickly raised to 20, but was snap-called by De Michele who turned over 3?3? for a full house. Donabedian could only table A?10? for trip aces, leaving him on the brink of an early elimination.