Emanuele Rugini Eliminated in 14th Place
Apr 29, '10
After losing most of his stack to Mesbah Guerfi, Emanuele Rugini had no choice but to go with his hand after raising to 120,000 preflop. Andrew Chen moved all in from the big blind and Rugini called off his last 750,000.
Chen showed pocket kings and they were well ahead of Rugini’s pocket eights. The board came out 633103 and Rugini was eliminated.
Player Tags: Andrew Chen, Emanuele Rugini
Claudiu Saizu Eliminated in 20th Place
Apr 29, '10
Claudiu Saiza moved all in for his last 114,000 and Emanuele Rugini isolated behind him. Saiza revealed A7, but he was dominated by Rugini’s AJ.
The board fell A6363 and Saizu was eliminated.
Player Tags: Emanuele Rugini, Claudiu Saizu
Emanuele Rugini Doubles Up
Apr 29, '10
Well, that didn’t take long. On the first hand back from break, Claudiu Saizu raised to 97,000 and then Emanuele Rugini moved all in for 826,000 behind him. Saizu wasted no time calling with AA and Rugini was in a lot of trouble with QQ.
However, the board fell Q8652 and Rugini doubled up to 1.7 million with a set of queens. Saizu was left extremely short.
Player Tags: Emanuele Rugini, Claudiu Saizu