Saad Aljoher Triples Up

Photo:  Saad Aljoher reacts to his all-in situation.

After some preflop action, Rayo Kniep moves all in from the hijack for 68,500, Saad Aljoher calls all in from the big blind for 54,000, and Farhad Ghafari calls from middle position, covering them both.

Here are their cards in descending order of chip counts:

Farhad Ghafari:  
Rayo Kniep:  
Saad Aljoher:  

The board comes , and Aljoher flops a set of aces and turns the highest flush draw to win the main pot without much of a sweat, tripling up to about 165,000.

Kniep pairs his ace on the flop to win a small side pot to stay alive with just 29,000.

Saad Aljoher  –  165,000  (83 bb)
Rayo Kniep  –  29,000  (15 bb)
Farhad Ghafari  –  260,000  (130 bb)

Photo:  Rayo Kniep