Dec 19, 2023
Photo: Paulius Vaitiekunas
Paulius Vaitiekunas opens to 600,000 in middle position and Young Eum calls in the cutoff. Ben Jacobs calls on the button and Sergio Castelluccio defends his big blind to take four to the streets.
The flop comes and Castelluccio leads out for 1.1 million. Vaitiekunas calls, and two folds follow.
Action is then heads up to the turn and Castelluccio jams for 3.175 million. Vaitiekunas counts out his stack to 2.625 million and thinks for over two minutes before calling with .
Castelluccio announces his holdings, , and shows a flush draw to go with it. Vaitiekunas pleads to fade a heart and does so on the river to score the double.
Paulius Vaitiekunas – 10,300,000 (34 bb)
Ben Jacobs – 24,100,000 (80 bb)
Young Eum – 9,700,000 (32 bb)
Sergio Castelluccio – 550,000 (2 bb)