Angelini Finds Lucky Double

Arran Fletcher opened the action with a raise under the gun plus one for 45,000. Thomas Boivin, his neighbor, called and so did Getner Taye Kassa on the button. Nicola Angelini squeezed from the small blind to 445,000 with 20,000 behind. The big blind folded but initial raiser Fletcher shoved for

When Graham Doesn’t Win, He Chops

Chip leader Andrew Graham is maintaining (if not really increasing) his c. 4 million chip stack during Level 6, most recently playing a pot against Nicola Angelini.  On a [td3c3d] flop, Graham check-raised Angelini (from 60,000 to 120,000) and Angelini made the call. The turn made the three a triplet: [3s].