Giuseppe Morello Wins Two Out of Three

Sep 21, 2023

Photo: Giuseppe Morello

Under the gun Abhinav Iyer opens 1,000, Giuseppe Morello calls from small blind, the flop comes Club 4Heart 5Diamond 9. Iyer c-bets 1,500, Morello check-calls. Both players check the turn Heart 9. Morello bets 1,000 on the river Club 10, Iyer calls then mucks to Morello’s Spade 9Spade 5 full house.

Next hand, cutoff Gautam Dhingra raises 900, button Morello and big blind Iyer call, flop is Club 3Spade JHeart 10, Dhingra c-bets 1,500, Morello flats, Iyer check-folds. The Club A turn sees Dhingra fire 5,500, Morello calls. Both players check the river Spade Q. Morello opens Spade AClub 5 top pair, Dhingra wins the pot with Club 9Spade 8 straight. 

Following that hand, mid position Hari Varma raises 1,000, three players call, big blind Todd Bailey three-bets 4,500, Varma folds, three players call again. When the flop comes Heart 8Diamond 8Diamond Q, Trip c-bets 5,600, cutoff Morello calls, button Jason Pritchard and small blind Iyer fold. On the Club 8 turn no bets land. The river Club 5, big blind bets 5,200, Morello calls. Big blind Heart ADiamond K, Morello claims it with Club 3Heart 3.

Giuseppe Morello – 88,000 (220 bb)
Gautam Dhingra – 60,000 (150 bb)
Abhinav Iyer – 34,300 (86 bb)
Todd Bailey – 33,500 (84 bb)

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