In a battle of the Luigis, Lou Paulozza has won a pot against one-time chip leader Luigi Taddei. Taddei opened the action with a limp from utg+1, and action folded around to Paulozza in the small blind, who raised to 2K. The bb folded and Taddei made the call – the flop was dealt:
A relatively dry flop, and both players checked. The turn came and Paulozzq led out for 3K into the 6.5K pot, and Taddei made the call. The river was the , and again Paulozza led – this time for 5K – cheap enough for Taddei to call under almost any circumstances. He did call and flipped over the for top pair – only to see Paulozza’s for a rivered straight.