Millard Hale Hits Royal Flush to Survive

A player in Seat 2 opened to 8,000 and Kevin Saul called. Millard Hale raised pot, leaving himself with a single T500 chip behind. The player in Seat 2 re-raised all in himself for 45,500 total. Kevin Saul now had a dilemma and he started talking to himself.

"I like to gamble."

"Four cards. Anything can happen."

"And if I lose we're going on dinner break in 13 minutes and I won't tilt it off."

Saul talked himself into calling and said "I have the worst of it" as the hands were revealed:

Saul:
Seat 2:
Hale:

The flop came giving Hale top set along with the royal flush draw. Saul had an open-ended straight draw for chop potential. The turn was the which gave Saul a few outs to smaller straight. The river was the giving Hale a royal flush, the player in Seat 2 won the small side pot, and Saul was glad that dinner break was coming soon.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Kevin Saul	300,000 55,000	55,000
Millard Hale	100,000 48,100	48,100