Mario Fata Slips Down the Pecking Order

Feb 16, 2025

On the tail end of a Spade JSpade 9Diamond 9Spade AHeart 9 board, Javier Zarco bets 3,000. Mario Fata calls but mucks to the Club 10Club 9 of Zarco.

One hand later, Fata calls a three-bet to 9,000 by Joe Sandaev and check-raises the Spade 8Diamond 8Heart 2 flop from 2,000 to 5,000. Sandaev calls and they check down the Diamond 9Spade 3 runout as Sandaev wins the pot with Heart AHeart Q.

Joe Sandaev – 215,000 (108 bb)
Javier Zarco – 40,500 (20 bb)
Mario Fata – 23,000 (12 bb)

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