Straight for Abate

Three players see a flop come [Ac][9h][8s], and when it checks to Boyd O’Neill in late position he bets 1,600 and only Giovanni Abate sticks around. The turn brings the [10h] and checks from both players, then after the [Qd] river Abate fires 2,000 and O’Neill calls.

Abate turns over [Qh][Jh] for a straight and O’Neill mucks. Abate remains with a below average stack while O’Neill still has more than 70,000.

Boyd O’Neill – 74,000 (370 bb)
Giovanni Abate – 16,000 (80 bb)