A Hand Matchup From 2010 WSOPE Main Event
Faraz Jaka	Win Pre-Flop	Win Post-Flop	Win Post-Turn
Starting Stack: 23,000	28.99 %	89.9 %	93.18 %	Winner!
Roberto Romanello	Win Pre-Flop	Win Post-Flop	Win Post-Turn
Starting Stack: 19,525	70.52 %	10.0 %	4.55 %

Posted On: Oct 19, 2010

Outcome

With the blinds at 100-200, Romanello raised to 550 from the button, Jaka reraised to 1,500 in the small blind, Romanello reraised to 4,525, Jaka reraised to 20,000, Romanello called and was all in.

Analysis

Despite a fantastic start, Romanello’s tournament took a wrong turn when he suffered a set-under-set cooler. However, he was still very healthy in relation to the betting levels, with nearly 100 big blinds and two-thirds of his starting stack intact at level two of play. Jaka might have hoped his opponent was tilted from the previous cooler and attempted a resteal with his weak ace out of the small blind. Romanello was obviously undeterred by his hyper-aggressive opponent’s play when he reraised the action to 4,525, a substantial bet amounting to 22 big blinds. Jaka played straight into his table image, promptly committing 85% of his stack with A-4 and demonstrating a wide five-betting range that has made him notorious over the past few years. Romanello called after some deliberation, while the dealer quickly bailed Jaka out with an ace on the flop. Romanello suffered a sickening elimination, while Jaka eventually ended his day-one flight in fourth chip position.