Loic Sa Soars into The Chip Lead
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As so often happens in these tournaments, someone rises to prominence from relative obscurity and at this precise moment that someone is Loic Sa. Sa has been hidden beneath his hood all morning but eventually took it off to show us what he looks like during this important hand.
Sa opened the action with a raise of 1,350 and the player to his direct left made the call as did Team Pokerstars Pro Andre Akkari who was sat in the small blind - the player in the big blind also made the call. So we had a family pot and the dealer gave us a 
flop and Sa lead out for 3,325. The player to his direct left kept looking at the players in the blinds before eventually moving all in for 23,000. Both the players in the blinds folded and Sa made the call.
Sa turned over 
for second pair and a flush draw and his opponent turned over 
for an over pair and a backdoor flush and straight draws.
The turn was the 
and Sa took the lead with two pair. The river was 
and Sa had eliminated his opponent and moved into the top spot with ~135,000 in chips