Pressure Applied to Nastasi

We join the action on a flop of [4s] [4d] [2h], Paul Tedeschi checks out of the big blind, Bernard Samaha bets 2,100 from early position, Eros Nastasi calls one seat to his left and Tedeschi folds. The turn is the [9h] and Samaha bets 4,500; Nastasi calls very sharply. The final card is the [2d] and Samaha takes a peek of Nastasi’s stack. He has around 45k and Samaha overbets the pot making it 20k to play. A lot of staring and internal consternations follow before Nastasi makes the call, and it’s a great call. Samaha shows [As] [Kc] and Nastasi shows [7c] [7d] for the pair, and best hand.

Nastasi ~ 74,000
Samaha ~ 70,000