Hassankashani Flops a Set to Send Saraniero Packing
Santhosh Suvarna made it 25,000 to go from the hijack and Arian Hassankashani called from the cutoff before Riccardo Saraniero squeezed to 75,000 on the button. Suvarna folded, but Hassankashani called.
They went to a flop of 10♣5♣4♣ where Hassankashani checked, and Saraniero fired 65,000. Hassankashani then picked up a stack of chips in each palm and double-handedly slid them into the middle — a raise of 185,000. Saraniero then instantly shoved for around 350,000, and Hassankashani snap-called.
Riccardo Saraniero: Q♠Q♦ 
Arian Hassankashani: 4♦4♠
Saraniero had the overpair, but Hassankashani had flopped a set and had control of the hand. The J♣ on the turn did put a flush draw on board and a club on the river would see the two chop the pot, but instead the J♥ completed the runout, which eliminated Saraniero.
Hassankashani has almost 1,500,000 in his stack and sits a few seats away from the current chip leader Bobby James.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,450,000
920,000
|
920,000 |
|
250,000
-215,000
|
-215,000 |
|
Busted |