Del Piero Doubles Through Johnson
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
A rather innocent battle of the blinds saw Enzo Del Piero limp and Joe Johnson check his option in the big blind. Del Piero check-called a bet worth 50,000 on the flop before the duo checked the turn. On the river, Del Piero overbet for 305,000 with less than half a million behind and Johnson moved all in. Del Piero snap-called and showed for the nut straight, Johnson had the lower straight with .
The double of Del Piero was worth 755,000 and he jumped into second place after being the far shortest stack in the previous break.
"Write down, Enzo no deal," Del Piero said but after he was done stacking, he told to Johnson and Harry Lodge that he would still do a deal if both were interested.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joe Johnson |
2,400,000
-800,000
|
-800,000 |
Enzo Del Piero
|
1,700,000
725,000
|
725,000 |