Giovanni Rizzo Meets a Horrible End

(Photo: Giovanni Rizzo)

Poker is a funny old game. Only moments ago Giovanni Rizzo was staring at a dream flop of [9s] [9c] [5d] while holding [Tx] [9x] and now he is outside facing the cold icy water of the Venetian canals.

Rizzo was in fantastic shape when a raising war developed with the net result being an all-in confrontation with Sean Jazayeri who was holding [8x] [8x]. Then poker showed how cruel it could be when the turn [6d] and river [7c] handed Jazayeri an unlikely straight eliminating Rizzo from the competition.

Jazayeri ~ 50,000