Reason Relents, Saul Shows
Kevin Saul opened from middle position with a raise to 38,000, then Ben Reason reraised to 76,000 from the cutoff. It folded back around to Saul who sat for a few moments, then reraised back to 149,000. Reason paused a few beats, then called.
The flop came 
. Saul led with a bet of 118,000, and Reason called. The turn was the 
. This time Saul bet 180,000, and after thinking for a half-minute Reason let his hand go.
Encouraged somewhat by Aaron and Ralph Massey who are here watching the action from the rail, Saul then showed his hand — 
!
The Massey brothers then jokingly chided with Saul for showing his hand. "Why did you show?" they asked. "Because there's a half-hour left and I'm about to go into my nit cave," Saul shot back with a grin.
As play winds down for the night, we'll see what exactly Saul decides to do next with his tourney-leading stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,180,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
|
||
|
685,000
-265,000
|
-265,000 |