Paulius Vaitiekunas Doubles Thru Sergio Castelluccio

Dec 19, 2023

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Paulius Vaitiekunas opens to 600,000 in middle position and Young Eum calls in the cutoff. Ben Jacobs calls on the button and Sergio Castelluccio defends his big blind to take four to the streets.

The flop comes Heart 10Heart 7Heart 5 and Castelluccio leads out for 1.1 million. Vaitiekunas calls, and two folds follow.

Action is then heads up to the Diamond 3 turn and Castelluccio jams for 3.175 million. Vaitiekunas counts out his stack to 2.625 million and thinks for over two minutes before calling with Diamond JClub J.

Castelluccio announces his holdings, Heart KSpade 10, and shows a flush draw to go with it. Vaitiekunas pleads to fade a heart and does so on the Diamond Q river to score the double.

Paulius Vaitiekunas – 10,300,000 (34 bb)
Ben Jacobs – 24,100,000 (80 bb)
Young Eum – 9,700,000 (32 bb)
Sergio Castelluccio – 550,000 (2 bb)

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