Millard Hale Hits Royal Flush to Survive
A player in Seat 2 opened to 8,000 and Kevin Saul called. Millard Hale raised pot, leaving himself with a single T500 chip behind. The player in Seat 2 re-raised all in himself for 45,500 total. Kevin Saul now had a dilemma and he started talking to himself.
"I like to gamble."
"Four cards. Anything can happen."
"And if I lose we're going on dinner break in 13 minutes and I won't tilt it off."
Saul talked himself into calling and said "I have the worst of it" as the hands were revealed:
Saul: 
Seat 2: 
Hale: 
The flop came 
giving Hale top set along with the royal flush draw. Saul had an open-ended straight draw for chop potential. The turn was the 
which gave Saul a few outs to smaller straight. The river was the 
giving Hale a royal flush, the player in Seat 2 won the small side pot, and Saul was glad that dinner break was coming soon.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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300,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
100,000
48,100
|
48,100 |
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