And the Academy Award Goes to ... Joelle Guarino

Apr 14, 2019

Joelle Guarino

With the board showing Club JClub 5Heart 5Spade 7 on the turn, Joelle Guarino checks the big blind, the player in the hijack bets 23,000, and Guarino uses her full 30 seconds before she calls.

The river card is the Diamond Q, Guarino checks, and her opponent thinks for a while before he checks behind.

Guarino quickly shows her Spade 5Diamond 5 for flopped quad fives, shocking several players at the table. Her opponent rechecks his cards and says, “I was gonna bet the river.”

Guarino smiles and says, “I wish you did.”

Her opponent says, “But I thought I was going to win!”

Another player motions to Guarino and says, “The Academy Award goes to …”

Joelle Guarino  –  260,000  (43 bb)

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