Kassela Has a Mountain to Climb
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2010 WSOP Player of the Year Frank Kassela came by media row and asked if he could borrow one of the spare chairs. "You can more than borrow it, you can keep it," came the reply from one of our PokerNews blogging crew.
"Thanks, but I don't think I'll be needing it for long," replied Kassela. As it turned out, Kassela was very short-stacked coming back from the break, but he's just managed to double up through 2010 WSOP November Niner Jason Senti.
All the money was in the middle before the flop and we got there just as the cards were tabled:
Kassela: 
Senti: 
The flop of 
gave Senti the open-ended straight draw, but Kassela's two pair held up all the way as the turn and river ran out 
, 
. Kassela then managed to pick up another pot a short time later and he's still in it, albeit with around 3,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,000
-5,200
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-5,200 |
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