Down But Not Saout
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We're not sure exactly what happened, but as we strolled by their table we noticed that Antoine Saout and Luca Pagano, previously on roughly equal stacks, had veered off in totally opposite directions - Pagano was up to 175,000, while Saout was down to just 5,400.
5,400 comprises fewer than three big blinds right now, and sure enough he pushed within seconds of our arrival. He got one call, but both he and his opponent held raggy aces and they chopped it up.
A couple hands later Kevin MacPhee opened to 5,500 and Saout pushed again, this time for 8,000. Hugo Lemaire called on the button, as did MacPhee, and they checked down the 
board. Saout turned over pocket 
and neither player could beat it - they both mucked, while Saout is back in with a shot on 28,000 or so.