Silver Beating Up on Sammartino

[user66118]

The title says enough, and we just watched two pots that prove it.

In the first, Dario Sammartino limped in from the small blind, and Max Silver checked for a free flop. It came {3-Hearts} {5-Hearts} {3-Diamonds} , and Silver called a bet of 17,000. Sammartino checked to him on the {A-Spades} turn, then called 30,000 to see the {K-Spades} river. Silver bet 111,000, and Sammartino paid him off.

The Brit showed up {7-Hearts} {3-Spades} , and his big blind special took the first chunk out of Sammartino's stack. The second would come just a few hands later.

We picked up the {10-Spades} {K-Spades} {5-Clubs} flop as Sammartino was betting 40,000 from his position under the gun. Patrik Antonius would check-fold, but Silver flatted to see the turn card. It was the {7-Clubs} , and Sammartino slowly tapped the table. Silver too his cue to make a bet of 88,000, but Sammartino wanted to play for more. He check-raised to 239,000 with two towering stacks of chips, and Silver didn't waste too much time making the call. On the {3-Spades} river, both players were content to check it down.

Silver waited until Sammartino showed his airball {Q-Hearts} {J-Hearts} , then showed his {K-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} to take the pot. He's really turning the screws now, working his stack to the front at the expense of the former chip leader.