Salter Gets There in the End
Level 43
: 200,000/400,000, 40,000 ante
At no point today has Jack Salter had what one would consider a healthy stack. The British One Drop finalist have been trailing the average stack for the last day and a half, but a lucky double just got Salter some much-needed breathing space.
Salter moved in for 5,180,000 from the cutoff and Marc-Olivier Carpentier-Perrault made the call from the button before both of the blinds folded.
Salter: 
Carpentier-Perrault: 
The flop came 
, and right before the dealer put out the turn, Salter yelled "Spade!". It wasn't. It was the 
.
"Seven," Salter shouted before the river. It wasn't. It was the 
. Not quite a straight but good enough for the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,000,000
5,000,000
|
5,000,000 |
|
4,500,000
2,645,000
|
2,645,000 |