Rocci Ascia and Vito la Barbera

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Rocco Ascia opened from middle position with a min-raise and right behind him, Vito La Barbera called. All other players folded.

Flop: 8♥7♠5♣

Ascia bet 4k and La Barbera instantly called.

Turn: 4♥

Ascia fired another bet, 12k. And again La Barbera called without much hesitation.

River: 9♠

Now Ascia slowed down and checked. In turn, La Barbera took over the betting and fired a fairly large 30k bet – close to the size of the pot. Rocco Ascia needed a few minutes to mull over the hand and eventually called.

Ascia showed JXJX for a weak overpair. La Barbera turned over 6X6X for a straight with almost perfect execution on the river for extracting maximum value.

Vito La Barbera – 130,000
Rocco Ascia – 76,000