Action Board Gives Sanders the Double
Michael Sanders is keeping his dreams of back-to-back tournament wins alive after notching a big double just a few moments ago. Sanders won a $580 preliminary event yesterday to get his first ring.
Action started with the cutoff raising to 800. Sanders made the call from the button, and both blinds also came along. The flop came down 
, and it was checked to the original raiser, who bet out 2,300. Sanders was the lone caller, and the turn brought the 
. Here's where the fireworks went off.
The cutoff thought for about 30 seconds before checking, and Sanders took the window to bet, firing out 5,050. The second Sanders's chips hit the table, the cutoff threw out four T5,000 chips, a bet of 20,000. This was enough to put Sanders all in, and he took his time with the decision. After about 90 seconds in the tank, he made the call, and we saw that both players had monster hands.
Sanders: 
Opponent: 
The top pair nut flush draw of Sanders was leading his opponent's middle pair middle flush draw. Sanders would need to fade a diamond or a nine on the river, and the 
gave him an unnecessary flush.
"I thought you might have had queens," Sanders said after the hand. Once he collected the chips, we saw that Sanders upped his stack to 44,000 after that hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
44,000
23,500
|
23,500 |
, the turn and river both produced blanks, knocking Land out.
. The small blind checked to Chris Coultas in the big blind, and he fired out 1,100. Their middle position opponent called while the small blind ducked out of the way.
, and this time Coultas checked. His opponent fired out 2,000, and Coultas made the call. The river brought the 
, and Cloutas checked again. This time his opponent checked as well, and rolled over 
for a jack high flush.
for a better flush. After that hand, Coultas is up to 27,000.