Speranza Doubles Up Immediately
Gianluca Speranza just sat down and immediately got involved in the first hand he got dealt.
Markus Steger raised to 1,500 from mid-position and was called by Yoan Argence in the hijack and Speranza in the big blind.
The flop came ![]()
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, both Speranza and Steger checked. Argence bet 4,000 which only Speranza called.
The turn was the
, Speranza checked again and Argence bet 9,000. Speranza glanced at Argence before making the call.
The river completed the board with the
, Speranza now shoved. Argence asked how much he had, the dealer counted out Speranza's stack and confirmed he has 25,100 left.
"Ace-queen?" Argence asked Speranza but got no reaction of him.
Argence contemplated for a bit longer and then put in the chips for the call. Speranza tabled ![]()
the rivered straight and Argence just nodded. The dealer forced him to table his cards and Argence complied, showing ![]()
for the flopped set of nines.