Mike Vela Picks Off Daniyal Gheba

Nov 25, 2023

Mike Vela
Photo:  WPT Champions Club Member Mike Vela

Mike Vela bets 2,000 from the big blind on a board of Heart 6Heart 9Heart 4Club 3 before Daniyal Gheba raises to 6,000 in the cutoff.

Vela calls and the Club 10 falls on the river. Gheba then bets another 16,000. “What happened to winning small pots,” Vela asks him before calling.

“You win,” Gheba says as Vela shows Spade 6Diamond 5 to take the pot.

“I’m due. I’m tired of finishing in the top three percent of the field,” Vela says about his quest to add a second WPT title.

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