Pazos de la Torre and Saaskilahti Bash Heads Twice


In the last two hands of the night, the chips went flying between Lauri Saaskilahti and Gabriel Pazos de la Torre. First the former shoved the river for 137,500 in a battle cutoff versus button and Andre Filipe Quelhas demanded from the Finn to show the bluff after Pazos de la Torre had folded. Saaskilahti did so by flashing
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In the final hand, Pazos de la Torre called a raise and Saaskilahti said "I will call because you did so." The three-way flop fell and the initial raiser checked, while Pazos de la Torre bet 20,000. Both opponents called and the
fell on the turn. Now it checked to Saaskilahti, and the Finn bet 60,000. The third player in the hand folded and Pazos de la Torre check-raised all in.
Several minutes passed and the clock was called on Saaskilahti, who ended up folding after one minute ran down without a decision. Pazos de la Torre showed and bagged the chip lead.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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470,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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340,000
168,500
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168,500 |
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146,000
-129,000
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-129,000 |