Pagliuca Makes a Hero Check
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Heads-up in a blind versus blind battle on a flop of 2?K?K?, Antonio Pagliuca bet 17,000 and Vladyslav Ostapenko called in the small blind.
The turn came the 3? and Pagliuca bet another 50,000. Ostapenko again called and checked the Q? river.
Pagliuca checked back and Ostapenko showed him Q?Q? for a rivered full house. Pagliuca turned over K?J? to a round of "oohs" from around the table.
"How do you not bet the last card," tablemate Ariel Galactico asked him.
"I know. Two queens or two jacks," Pagliuca replied.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
680,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
480,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |