Hands #77-79: Vincent Meli Misreads His Hand in a Key Spot

Hand #77 – Arron Pointon limps in the small blind and Francois Tosques has in the big blind. He raises to 140,000.

Pointon limp-raises to 400,000 and Tosquesfolds his hand.

Hand #78 – Vincent Meli opens in first position to 80,000. Tosques has in the small blind and three-bets to 300,000. Meli calls.

The flop comes pairing both players’ ace. Tosques leads for 200,000 and Meli calls.

The turn is blank and Tosques now checks. Meli checks back.

The hits the turn and the duo checks it down for the chop.

Hand #79 – Tim Chung opens to 115,000 with in the small blind and gets called by Meli’s in the big blind.

The flop is . Chung bets 250,000 and gets called by Meli.

The hits the turn and Chung checks. Meli bets 600,000 and Chung calls.

The river gives Meli a straight, but after Chung checks, Meli checks back, misreading that he had the nuts. Regardless, he takes a sizeable pot.

Vincent Meli – 3,890,000 (77 bb)
Tim Chung – 3,595,000 (71 bb)