Cecilia Pescaglini busted in a tilting hand at Day 1b– WPT Venice 2011
Enthralling play was witnessed on the Day 1b of the WPT (World Poker Tour) Venice, with 66 out of 135 participants surviving the battle of supremacy by the night end. Winner of the day was Andrea Dato, who bagged 217,300 chips
to top the leaders’ board. 18 of the Day 1a re-entrants tried their luck on Wednesday and a number of big names were also eliminated at the end of Day 1b. The official standings of the leaders’ board after two days of play are:
1. Andrea Dato 217,300
2. Raffaele Bertoluci 169,400
3. Steve O’Dwyer 159,000
4. Wanny Piazza 154,000
5. Fernando Cimaglia 135,600
6. Roberto Romanello 133,200
7. Michele Caroli 132,200
8. Umberto Calabro 124,000
9. Roger Hairabedian 120,600
10. Alessandro Fasolis 111,500
Cecilia Pescaglini busted in a crazy hand of the night
Bet was raised to 2,000 from Alfonso Amendola, followed by a three-bet raise to 5,100 from Cecilia Pescaglini in the cut-off. Amendola responded to her bet with a call and a queen, six and five of spades fell on the flop. With
a pair of pocket fours, four of spades and four of diamonds, Amendola checked her opponent, and Pescaglini threw in all of her 25,600 chips in the 10,000 pot. Amendola called and revealed her cards to stunned Pescaglini, who had a three of spades and a three
of hearts under her sleeves.
An eight of spades on the turn made Amendola favourite with a flush and a king of clubs on the river summed it all. Pescaglini got busted in one of the most exciting hands of the night and left the table in anguish.
Amendola - 85,000
Pescaglini - eliminated
John Eames wears away
An initial raise of 1,325 from John Eames was followed by three-bets to 3,200 from Luca Fiorini in the cut-off. With other contestants folding out of the hand, Eames raised the bet further to 15,200 and Fiorini called with his
pair of hooks, jack of diamonds and jack of spades. Fiorini revealed his ace and king of hearts but his opponent broke into the lead with an ace of diamonds, ten and three of spades hitting on the flop. Fiorini became the hot favourite for winning the hand
when a jack of hearts hits on the turn and eventually a seven of spades concluded the hand for him, as he added Eames’ chips to his pile of 80,000.
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