May 29, 2017
As the next break nears, one-time chip leader Paul Saso calls an all in from a short stacked player and his looks good against until the flop. The setback doesn’t last long as he hits the turn to take the lead. The locks up the hand and that elimination drops the field to 81 players at the last nine tables.
On the last hand of the level, Saso calls another all in but this time his opponent holds the JackAce. He’s behind with against and his opponent is good to the turn on the board. It’s the river that give Saso another pot to put him over 200,000 heading into the break.
Paul Saso – 220,000 (92 bb)