Pagano Gets Minimum Value Out of Quads
Luca Pagano raised to 850 from early position, and on the button, Erik van Dijk min-raised him to 1,400. Pagano called, and they went heads up to a flop. Pagano checked, and van Dijk bet 2,500. Luca just called, then checked again when the turn paired the board with the . Van Dijk checked behind. Pagano tried the check a third time after the river, but van Dijk didn't fall for the trick. He checked as well, tabling for tens full of nines. Pagano grumbled, flipping over for quads. He couldn't have been pleased with the size of the pot, but winning it put him up to 54,000.