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Theodoros Konstantinids four-bet jammed for about 45,000. Mark Vella barely had him covered when he made the call.
Theodoros Konstantinids: A K
Mark Vella: Q Q
The board ran clean for the local hero Vella's queens with the 10 7 6 J 5 running out on the board to effectively double his stack while sending Konstantinids to the rail.
"Good game," said Konstantinids after the hand.
"Finally!" Vella said to this reporter as we both know each other from a handful of other poker events in Malta where he lives.