Aguero Takes His Game from the Pitch to the Felt

Adam Lamers

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Sergio Aguero is one of the most famous footballers from Argentina, behind Messi of course, and he made his home in the Premiere League for roughly 10 years with Manchester City. Now Aguero finds himself on a different kind of green felt at the poker table on Day 2abc of the WSOP Main Event. PokerNews decided to hang around and catch a few hands with the football star.

Hand #1:

Dustin Holladay opened to 2,500 in the hijack and Aguero called on his left along with both of the blinds. The flop came Q?9?4? and Holladay continued with a bet of 4,600 which only Aguero called.

The turn was the 3? and both players checked to the 7? on the river. Holladay fired out a bet of 15,000 and Aguero called after some deliberation. Holladay tabled 10?7? for a flush while Aguero could only muster a pair with Q?J?.

Hand #2:

Aguero took a few hands off before his big blind rolled around. Brandon Williams raised to 2,500 in early position and both Holladay and Aguero called in the blinds. The flop fell Q?10?2? and Williams continued with a bet of 3,500. Holladay called and Aguero stepped aside.

The turn brought the 6? and Holladay check-called a bet of 10,000 from Williams. The 9? completed the board and Holladay checked again. Williams over-bet jammed all in, putting Holladay to the test for his remaining 75,000 chips. Holladay thought for a minute and then stuck in some chips to call. Williams tabled 8?7? for a backdoor straight while Holladay hit the rail with A?Q?.

Hand #3:

Two hands later, Alan Munoz raised to 2,500 from under the gun and Aguero flat-called on the button. They went heads-up to a flop of J?10?6? and Munoz led out with a bet of 2,500. Aguero raised to 15,000 and Munoz said that was too much.

"Ten thousand?" Munoz pleaded and Aguero jokingly took some chips back. Munoz folded and Aguero was shipped the pot.

"No more flushes," Aguero said quietly.