Romanello Makes Insane Lay-Down at WSOP
Roberto Romanello showed that there’s more to him that just selling fish at his fish-and-chips restaurant in Swansea, Wales. While sitting at a table at this year’s WSOP with Mike “the mouth” Matusow, Roberto Romanello made one of the best lay-downs you’ll ever see at a major poker tournament, whether live or online at Pinnacle Sports Poker.
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After being dealt pocket jacks, Romanello was facing a big pre-flop raise from Greg Geller. Geller was holding pocket kings, but the raise wasn’t enough to deter Romanello or Matusow, who was holding pocket nines. The flop was A-K-J and all three players checked. The action was sure to heat up on the turn with two players holding sets, but a scare card slowed things down for a minute.
The turn card was a 10, making it an easy situation for someone to have a ‘broadway straight’. The betting got checked around again, but then the river brought another 10. Matusow, who was pretty much out of the hand after the flop, checked again. Romanello bet $1800 into a $1950 pot with his jacks-over full house, and was promptly raised by Geller and his kings-over boat. He made it $6000 to go, and looked sure to get a big payoff from Romanello after Matusow folded.
After asking if Geller would show his hand if he mucked, Romanello agonized over his next move. For most of us, including Matusow, that call would have been a no-brainer. Geller said he would not show, but then changed his mind and told Geller he would. It was an attempt to induce a call from Romanello, but he followed his gut, which was telling him that he was beat. He found the strength to fold the hand, and as promised Gellar showed the kings-over boat.
When Romanello flipped over his cards, Matusow almost jumped out of his seat, and admitted that he would not have been able to get off the jacks-over full house the way Romanello was able to. The fold saved Romanello $4200 in chips, at a point in the tournament when that amount was important.
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