02-19-2010 16:10 UTC+2

Romanello Widening the Gap

[user66118]

We picked up the action for this hand on the river, so it's a tad incomplete, but still worth noting. It would appear that Roberto Romanello was the preflop raiser from under the gun, and Janne Nevalainen made the call from the button.

We caught up live on the river as the board showed {3-Clubs}

, and a pot of close to 100,000 chips was up for grabs. Romanello checked, and Nevalainen put out a bet of 35,000. Mr. Chip Leader then snuck in a check-raise to 85,000, and Nevalainen muttered to himself and called.

Romanello showed up {A-Diamonds}

for aces up, and he knew it was good by his opponent's immediate reaction. Nevalainen grumbled a bit more and stared at his cards before flashing his {Q-Spades}

and sending them into the muck.

"Queen-eight," Romanello half-asked. "Nice hand." With that, the Welshman increases his chip lead significantly. His chip pyramid is far too complicated to count quickly, but he's pushing right up against 800,000 after that pot.

Tags: Janne Nevalainen Roberto Romanello