James Pilpa Doubles Thru Paul Saso

Photo:  James Pilpa (foreground, left) doubles thru Paul Saso (top right, in black t-shirt) with pocket queens against pocket tens.

Paul Saso raises UTG+1 to 27,000, James Pilpa raises from the button to 102,000, and Saso thinks for a while before he moves all in. Pilpa quickly calls with , and he needs it to hold to stay alive against Saso’s .

The board comes , and the pocket queens hold up for Pilpa to win the pot and double up in chips.

James Pilpa  –  598,000  (60 bb)