Sammartino Picks Up Two Bounties in a Hurry

Monika Kostanjevec

Level 14 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

On the first hand, Sammartino opened from the hijack and Joel Shackelford, who was in the small blind, went all in for 65,000. Sammartino called.

Joel Shackelford: A?9? All in
Dario Sammartino: 10?10?

Shackelford failed to catch an ace or anything better on J?3?6?4?9? and his tournament was over, while Sammartino picked up his first bounty along with Shackelford’s chips. Shackelford’s official comment on the tournament was: “It was fun.”

Just a couple of hands later, three players saw the flop of A?3?6?. Small blind was first to act, he checked. Dario Sammartino was under the gun and also checked. Peter Rouviere was on the button and bet 20,000. Small blind called. Sammartino now raised to 50,000. Rouviere now decided to go all in. Small blind took some time but decided to fold, later saying he had queens. Sammartino called.

Peter Rouviere: A?6? All in
Dario Sammartino: 3?3?

Rouviere flopped top two pair, but Sammartino was ahead with bottom set. The turn was the Q?, no help to Rouviere, and the river 3? sealed his tournament and gave Sammartino a win with quads.