Jason Helder just got the best of Nabil Assaff in two almost back-to-back hands to jump up the leaderboard.
In the first hand, Jason doubled his 30K-and-change stack preflop with pocket Kings versus the AK of Nabil. Moments later, the two players were involved in a 3-way pot where Alessandro Bordonaro lead out 4K (into a 10K pot) on a board. Jason flat called the bet, and Nabil, who covered both players with his 75K stack, pushed all-in over the top from the button. Alessandro mucked his hand, while Jason quickly threw in some chips to announce a call.
Jason:
Nabil:
Nabil was drawing fairly slim versus the flopped straight of his opponent, and the running and brought him no help. Jason slid forward 67,700 to be doubled up, plus received what was already in the pot, putting him amongst the chip leaders here in level 11 of the Second Chance Event.
Nabil was left with a few big blinds, and was eliminated on the next hand of play.