Damian Salas Scoops Monster Pot to Vault into Chiplead
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Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
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Damian Salas raised to 35,000 from under the gun. A player in middle position called before Dilovan Hussein three-bet to 170,000 from the small blind. Salas called and the third player in the hand folded.
The flop came . Hussein checked to Salas who bet 110,000. Hussein snap-called.
The turn was the and Hussein checked again. This time Salas bet 158,000. Again, Hussein called almost instantly.
The river was the . Hussein checked a third time. Salas took his time and compiled a pretty hefty bet of 442,000. Hussein called quickly.
Salas showed for a flopped set and rivered full house and Hussein flashed
for just an overpair.
"How do you call 170,000 preflop with that?" asked Hussein. "Why not fold?"
Player | Chips | Progress |
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3,600,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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1,100,000
-900,000
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-900,000 |