Sassen Unlucky
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
With a disappointed look on his face, Michael Sassen walked up to the payout desk. We still dared to ask him what had happened, and he was friendly enough to fill us in.
The cutoff had opened and Sassen had defended his big blind with 
. The flop came a beautiful 
and Sassen checked. His opponent bet 12,000 and Sassen check-raised to 35,000. His opponent shoved and Sassen called for 200,000 total.
Sassen, with his flopped flush, was up against 
. The turn brought a 
to the board and Sassen was instantly drawing dead he told us.
"Nothing really worked out today" Sassen told us, "This hand could've brought me back in, but it wasn't meant to be."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted |