Fabio Esposito Doubles Up

The player in the cutoff raises to 1,600, the player on the button calls, and Fabio Esposito reraises from the big blind to 5,600. The cutoff moves all in for about 55,000, and the player on the button thinks for a while before he folds, saying he had ace-king (though he may have said ace-queen).

Esposito calls all in for 29,400 with , and he needs it to hold against the cutoff’s .

The board comes , and the pocket kings hold up for Esposito to win the pot and double up in chips. Meanwhile, the player who claims to have folded ace-king or ace-queen on the button looks longingly at the ace on the turn.

Fabio Esposito  –  62,000  (103 bb)