Paul and Saul
Level 29
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
The first hand of the final table saw Stephen Dare take the blinds and antes with a preflop raise. Then the next one featured the two chip leaders — Kevin Saul and Paul Snead — battling for a small pot. Those two were seated together for much of the latter part of Day 2, and thus have gotten to play numerous pots against one another already in this event.
In this one Saul opened for 85,000 from under the gun and only Snead called from the button. The flop came 
and Saul continued for 95,000, with Snead sticking around.
Both players then checked the 
turn and 
river. "King," said Saul without flipping up his cards, and when Snead said "ace" and showed 
, Saul mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,480,000
-195,000
|
-195,000 |
|
||
|
2,180,000
200,000
|
200,000 |