Samson Busts Schehr with Straight Over Straight
Level 3
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
The under the gun player opened to 600 and Ren Lin, Shehryar Samson and Thomas Schehr all called before the button three-bet to 2,000. The big blind called, the under the gun player folded and everyone else called.
Action checked to Schehr in the hijack on the flop of 
and he led out for 3,000. Only Samson called. Samson checked on the 
turn and Schehr bet 9,000. Samson check-raised all in and Schehr called with a slightly smaller stack.
Thomas Schehr: 
Shehryar Samson: 
Schehr had flopped a straight but Samson had turned a bigger straight before the 
on the river marked Schehr's elimination.
"Flopped it," he said as he left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
28,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
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Busted | |