Masters Makes His Hand On the River, Doubles Big

Thomas Sheets started raised it up to 26,000 in early position, and Gregory Masters was the lone caller in the small blind. The dealer fanned out a flop of , and Masters checked to Sheets, who fired out 23,000. After a few moments of thought, Masters assembled a check raise of 80,000, and slid it into the middle.

It was back on Sheets, and he deliberate for about a minute before tossing in the call. The on the turn was either going to be an action killer, or was going to set off fireworks. Fortunately for the fans, it was the latter. Masters shoved all in for his last 184,000 after a few moments of thought, and Sheets went deep into the tank. After at least two minutes of thought, Sheets said "S**t I'm in a tough spot here sorry guys." After another minute or so, he emerged with the call.

Masters:
Sheets:

I told you the turn was going to set off fireworks. Sheets made a great call with his two pair, but he would still have to fade the flush and straight draw outs of Masters. The flush didn't come, but the did. Masters quietly clapped his hands, though a bigger celebration would have been allowed, as he jumped all the way up to 575,000. On the other end, Sheets went down to 340,000 after the hand.