Good Run For Pastore

Maxime Taldir

Level 5 : 300/600, 600 ante

"What did you eat tonight?", asked a player to Jonathan Pastore, who seems to be in a rush since the dinner break.

And he won another pot thanks to a three-bet on the button after an open by a player in middle position who called.

On 5?Q?2?, Pastore continued to 3,000, and his opponent check-called a first time. Then he did it a second time after Pastore bet 10,000 on the turn 3?.

The river was the 4?, and the player in the middle position checked once more. Pastore bet very small, only 3,000, and his opponent snap-called.

"You're lucky," he said to Pastore, who hit a straight on the river with A?Q?. The player in middle position showed 5?5? for a set.

A few minutes after Pastore won this pot, Harish Ananthapadmanabha sat at the table with one of the biggest stack of the tournament so far, 330,000 chips.