Pairs Galore!

Ram Vaswani opens under the gun, Steven Velletri moves all-in for 18,800 in the next seat; Sylvain Loosli calls in the next seat, and the action folds around to George Achillea in the small blind.

“Let’s gamble.” Says Achillea before moving all-in for a smidgen under 18,000.

Vaswani folds and Loosli makes the call.

Showdown

Velletri: 8 8
Loosli: J J
Achillea: T T

“I folded pocket sevens,” says Antonio Buonanno.

“I folded pocket nines,” says Vaswani.

That’s a lot of pairs.

Achillea and Velletri get to their feet and the dealer does his job.

Board: A 8 5 Q 6

A set of eights hands Velletri the triple up, Loosli is down to 80,000, and Achillea is out.