Aston to the Edge
It’s either a hard luck story or one of the greatest comebacks of all time. We’ll have to wait and see as Anthony Aston has been to the edge and back over on Table 28. Aston tangled in a hand with Luke McLean on a flop of 
. Aston had raised preflop and made a continuation bet, which was called by the small blind before McLean check-raised both of them from the big blind. Aston moved all in with his 
but McLean snapped it off and tabled 
for bottom set.
The turn was the 
and river the 
to give McLean a big double up to over 50,000. When the stacks were cut down, Aston was left with just two 25-denomination chips, or enough for just one 50-chip ante.
Aston was eyeing elimination and stood from his chair in dismay, but managed to spike two pair to win the next hand and multiply his stack to 400. He then did it again with a full house on the very next hand to climb to around 2,000 in chips, or five big blinds. He’s still a long way from getting out of the woods, but if he does, it could be an epic story to tell.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | |
|
2,000
18,000
|
18,000 |