Big Stacks Battle: Skaggs Decimates Al-Sadoun

Thomas Skaggs raised to 250,000 from middle position and faced a pot-sized three-bet to 900,000 from Satar Al-Sadoun in the cutoff. Skaggs thought for a moment and put in the call to see the flop come K♠10♣2♣.

Skaggs checked to Al-Sadoun who announced "pot" again, good for a bet of 2,050,000 chips. Skaggs tanked for about two minutes before he slid the call into the middle to see the turn bring the 5♥.

Skaggs checked again and Al-Sadoun wasted little time in jamming for over 3,000,000.

Skaggs entered the tank once more and again, after two or three minutes there, he decided he couldn't fold. He stuck in the call to put himself at risk and create the biggest pot of the tournament headed to the river.

Thomas Skaggs: A♣Q♦J♦9♣
Satar Al-Sadoun: K♦K♥10♦4♦

Skaggs had a lot of outs with one card to come and when the river produced one of them in the 8♣, a ripple effect could be felt across the table as all players were staring at how massive this hand had become.

When the dust settled, Al-Sadoun, who came into the day as the chip leader, was left with a short stack as Skaggs rocketed up the leaderboard to take his spot as the new dominant chipleader.