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Thrift Cracks Aces to Steam Burns
Joey Burns opened to 2,500 in early position and Robert Thrift three-bet to 11,500 behind him. The action folded back to Burns, who four-bet shoved his stack of 74,000. Thrift called off with slightly less.
Robert Thrift: 
Joey Burns: 
Thrift was in bad shape until a five appeared in the window to give him the lead with a set on the flop of 
. The 
on the turn improved him to a full house and the 
on the river didn't change anything.
Thrift was ecstatic while Burns had to do laps around the tournament area as the dealer confirmed he had Thrift covered.
"How the f*** do you call?!" he yelled. "Can you f***in imagine that?"
Burns was left with crumbs and was unhappy about having to sit just a few feet away from the man who just delivered him a brutal suckout.
"I need a f***ing seat transfer," he muttered.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
8,000
27,000
|
27,000 |