Hand #63: Lenny Cortellino Wins a Pot worth 1.8 million

Apr 8, 2009

Cortellino raises from the small blind to 80,000, and Casterella calls from the big blind. The flop comes [5h3d2d], Cortellino bets 105,000, and Casterella calls. The turn card is the [8h], Cortellino checks, Casterella bets 225,000, and Cortellino calls. There is already 836,000 in the pot.

The river card pairs the board with the [8d], Cortellino checks, Casterella bets 500,000, and Cortellino calls. Casterella shows his hand, but we can’t see it. Cortellino shows [QdXd] to win the pot with a diamond flush.

Pot Size  –  1,836,000

Lenny Cortellino  –  2,124,000
Matt Casterella  –  1,662,000
Vadim Trincher  –  2,707,000
Amnon Filippi  –  1,367,000

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