Pat Pezzin Punishing the Competiton
Stud-8:
We caught up on the action as two PokerStars Team Pros, Pat Pezzin of Canada and Andre Akkari of Brazil, were involved in a hand along with an unknown opponent.
Pezzin: (X)(X) - 
Akkari: (X)(X) - 
Opponent: (X)(X) - 
Akkari brought it in for 300 and both Pezzin and the unknown opponent came along. On third street, the opponent bet 600 and Pezzin raised it to 1,200, getting called in both spots. With the arrival of fourth street, Pezzin fired a bet of 1,200 and the other two players called him down.
After fifth street was distributed, Pezzin again led out for 1,200 and again he was called by Akkari and the unknown opponent. The action repeated itself on sixth street, with Pezzin betting 1,200 and getting two callers. When the players squeezed their down cards on seventh street, Pezzin fired a final barrel of 1,200 and forced Akkari to muck his hand.
The unknown opponent was harder to shake, however, and called the Canadian pro down with his 
for trip threes. Pezzin, who made two deep runs in H.O.R.S.E events during last year's WSOP, tabled the 
for a full house and dragged the large pot his way.
After placing 37th in this event last year, and 43rd in the 2010 $3,000 H.O.R.S.E event, Pezzin will no doubt be looking to improve on those finishes with an ever deeper run this time around.