Double Down
In a series of two hands played in quick succession, Joe McKeehen and Mike Sandler just traded their chip stacks back and forth.
First, the two saw a flop of 
and McKeehen fired out for 32,000. Sandler popped him to 83,000 and McKeehen shipped all in for the rest of his stack. Sandler snapped him off while tabling 
for a flopped flush, while McKeehen was drawing with the 
. The turn (
) and river (
) failed to bring a fourth club to the board, and with that Sandler regained the chip leadership he owned heading into the day.
Just a deal or two later, the two went toe to toe yet again, after seeing the flop of 
. We heard Sandler announce himself all in (likely coming over the top of McKeehen's lead out), with the young pro snap-calling and revealing 
for top two pair.
"Man!" said Sandler in frustration as he tabled 
for a busted bluff. "Right back to ya."
The turn and river bricked off and McKeehen rebuilt his stack to more than 1.3 million - or right where he started before the two tangled in the first place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,380,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
850,000
100,000
|
100,000 |