Sabat Soars To Second
Level 20
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Eddy Sabat made it 18,000 in the cutoff, and Marc Alioto three bet it to 42,000 on the button. It got back to Sabat, and he made the call to send us to what would turn out to be an action packed flop of 
. Sabat checked to Alioto, who fired out 43,000. Sabat elected to check raise all in, and Alioto snap called for his last 185,000. If you think you know what Alioto had....guess again.
Sabat: 
Alioto: 
Sabat's eights were still out in front of Alioto's ace high, and when the board completed 
and 
, he collected the huge pot to get all the way up to 793,000. With that elimination, we are down to the final 18, and the players are redrawing for seats.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
793,000
413,000
|
413,000 |
|
Busted |