Feb 5, 2024
Photo: Andrea Volpi
HAND #5 – Frederic Normand raises from the button to 250,000, Andrea Volpi moves all in from the small blind for 500,000, and Normand calls with .
Volpi turns over , and needs it to hold to stay alive.
The board comes , and Normand flops an open-ended straight draw, but improves no further. Volpi wins the pot with his pocket queens to double up in chips.
Normand smiles and says, “It seems unfair. Four big blinds with queens?”
Andrea Volpi – 1,250,000 (10 bb)
Frederic Normand – 7,000,000 (56 bb)