Secondary Table Hands #152-154: Sinclair Folds a Straight Against Saout
Hand #152: Jack Sinclair made it 1,200,000 to go from the hijack, and Antoine Saout called in the big blind.
The flop fell ![]()
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, and Saout checked. Sinclair continued for 1,500,000, and Saout called. The
turn paired the board, and Saout checked once more. Sinclair fired a second barrel worth 3,300,000, and Saout check-raised to 7,875,000, leaving himself with less than 10,000,000 behind. Sinclair called to create a pot of almost 22 million, and the
river completed the board. Saout moved all in for his last 9,850,000, and Sinclair tanked.
"I have a really strong hand here," the Brit said.
Short stack Karen Sarkisyan called the clock, and Sinclair folded ![]()
for a straight face-up. Pedro Oliveira and Bryan Piccioli said that they wanted to bet on Saout's holdings and promised to be watching the broadcast.
Hand #153: Sinclair made it 1,200,000 to go from early position, and Benjamin Pollak called in the cutoff. On the ![]()
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flop, Sinclair checked, and Pollak bet 1,400,000, which Sinclair called. The
turn brought another check from Sinclair and a bet of 2,600,000 from Pollak, which won the pot.
Hand #154: Sinclair raised to 1,200,000 from under the gun, and Piccioli called in the cutoff, as did Hesp in the small blind and Sarkisyan in the big blind.
Hesp bet the ![]()
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flop for 1,500,000, and Sinclair was the only caller. The
appeared on the turn, and both players checked. After the
river completed the board, the action went check-check again.
Hesp tabled ![]()
, and that was good enough to win the pot.