04-18-2009 21:49 UTC+2

Saab Moves Up a Gear

[user46392]

Wandering past Dario Alioto's table, I couldn't help but notice that he was very short, down to just 2,300, while to his immediate right, David Saab had more than doubled up to around 30,000.

I didn't need to jump to any conclusions, though -- it turns out that Saab knocked out another player to amass those chips, and Alioto's misfortunes were nothing to do with him. Saab says that the player in question had been playing very loose-aggressively, and so when he made a small raise, Saab reraised him and he called.

They saw a {3-?}

flop, which Saab absolutely loved as he was holding pocket threes and had made a set. His opponent checked to him and Saab bet, and when his opponent check-raised all in he had no choice but to call. His opponent was holding {5-?}