Luigi Pignataro Doubles Thru Mario Adinolfi

Photo:  Luigi Pignataro

Mario Adinolfi raises under the gun to 40,000, and Luigi Pignataro reraises from the cutoff to 150,000, leaving himself just 2,000 behind. Adinolfi moves all in, and Pignataro calls all in for 152,000 with .

Adinolfi turns over , and Pignataro needs his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board comes , and Adinolfi flops a diamond flush draw and pairs his nine on the turn, but he improves no further. Pignataro wins the pot with his pocket queens to double up in chips.

Luigi Pignataro  –  344,000  (22 bb)
Mario Adinolfi  –  1,553,000  (97 bb)