Kings Work for Waaland

Following a raise to 20,000 from the UTG player, a middle position player flatted behind, then Kevin Saul also called from the button. The action reaching Cory Waaland in the big blind, he pushed all in for 147,000 total, enough to force the original raiser and first caller out of the hand.

Saul considered for a while, and after a bit of table talk from Waaland finally made the call. Waaland stood up in response as he tabled his hand — . He then leaned forward to get a better look at what Saul had called with — .

"Come on… no two-outer!" said Waaland.

"Why not?" said Saul hopefully.

The board rolled out , and an elated Waaland sat back down to scoop his winnings, saying he never thought Saul was going to be calling in that spot after the way the action had gone.