We picked up the action on the flop as the dealer spread out . Valentino Morella appeared to be the preflop raiser, and he continued out with the first bet. Bruno Benveniste called next door, and Bryan Micon raised, putting his last 650 chips into the pot. The other two called the extra 50 chips, and Benveniste called another bet on the turn. It went check-check on the river.
Benveniste showed , and that was good. Morella's had been counterfeited on the river, and Micon's missed the draw.
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. Valentino Morella appeared to be the preflop raiser, and he continued out with the first bet. Bruno Benveniste called next door, and Bryan Micon raised, putting his last 650 chips into the pot. The other two called the extra 50 chips, and Benveniste called another bet on the 
turn. It went check-check on the 
river.
, and that was good. Morella's 
had been counterfeited on the river, and Micon's 
missed the draw.![[user139916]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
