Oops Again
In a battle of the blinds, Tom Marchese opened with a raise to 390,000 that Clemente called. Marchese continued his story by betting 475,000 on a flop of . Clemente called again.
The turn fell . Marchese bet 825,000, then snap-called after the larger-stacked Clemente moved all in. It was so bad, in fact, that after the reveal Clemente was only drawing to a chop.
Clemente:
Marchese:
If one of the two remaining kings fell on the river, the players would chop. Otherwise the pot was going to Marchese. He stood to await a harmless river, the .
It's a huge double-up for Marchese. Clemente is now the new short stack with about 2 million chips.