Event 9: Raffaello Locatelli Wins Two Straight All-In Hands to Reach 11 Big Blinds

$570 Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | StructurePayouts
Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 338

The next hand after Raffaello Locatelli was knocked all the way down to 15K, Barry Weprin raised from the cutoff to 45,000. Locatelli called all in from the small blind for 15,000, and Saber Hamrouni called from the big blind. The main pot was worth 65,000, with a side pot of 60,000.

Hamrouni and Weprin checked to the river on a board of KhJh2dKc5d, and all three players showed their cards:

Barry Weprin:  5h4h  (two pair, kings and fives)
Saber Hamrouni:  9s8c  (nine high)
Raffaello Locatelli:  AhKs  (trip kings)

Locatelli won the main pot to quadruple up, while Weprin won the side pot with his two pair to make a very small profit on the hand.

Raffaello Locatelli  –  65,000  (3 bb)

The next hand, Weprin raised under the gun to 45,000, and Locatelli moved all in from the button for 65,000. David Prociak called from the big blind, and Weprin also called. There was 225,000 in the main pot, and any further betting would create a side pot.

Prociak and Weprin checked to the river on a board of 7c7s6s4d10h, and all three players showed their cards:

David Prociak:  QcJh  (queen high)
Barry Weprin:  Ac5c  (ace high)
Raffaello Locatelli:  AsJd  (ace high, jack kicker)

Locatelli won his second pot in a row to more than triple up to 225,000.

Raffaello Locatelli  –  225,000  (11 bb)
David Prociak  –  1,850,000  (93 bb)
Barry Weprin  –  1,175,000  (59 bb)

Can Locatelli make the full comeback from less than a single big blind?