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 , 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 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 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.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jack Sinclair	51,350,000 -16,100,000	-16,100,000

John Hesp	50,750,000 4,900,000	4,900,000
Benjamin Pollak	31,750,000 3,650,000	3,650,000
Antoine Saout	31,375,000 10,875,000	10,875,000
Pedro Oliveira	23,850,000 -225,000	-225,000
Bryan Piccioli	9,525,000 -1,675,000	-1,675,000

Karen Sarkisyan	6,425,000 -1,425,000	-1,425,000