Aspas Bets Every Street Twice; Win One, Loses One
Abel Aspas opened to 20,000 in early position and picked up one caller, Ionut-Flavius Voinea in middle position.
The flop showed up 
. Aspas continued for 20,000, and Voinea made the call.
The turn came the 
. Aspas fired again, this time for 60,000. Once more, Voinea called.
On the 
river, Aspas emptied the clip with a final barrel of 140,000. Voinea let his cards go.
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On the next hand, Aspas opened to 20,000 from under the gun. He found two callers in the blinds, Parker Talbot in the small and Simon Lofberg in the big.
The dealer spread 
on the table. Both blinds checked, Aspas continued for 18,000. Talbot called; Lofberg folded.
The turn brought the 
. Talbot checked again, and Aspas sized way up to 125,000. Again, Talbot went with the check-call line from out of position.
When the river fell the 
, Talbot checked for a third time. For the second hand in a row, Aspas fired the third barrel, this one for 175,000. Talbot fought back, though. He check-raised all in, 480,000 effective.
Aspas went into the tank, he just got these chips. He ended up folding this one.
"Big hand?" asked a tablemate of Talbot.
"At least, that's what I was trying to say," he responded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,695,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
||
|
1,185,000
822,000
|
822,000 |
|
800,000
-320,000
|
-320,000 |
|
305,000
-405,000
|
-405,000 |