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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
545,000 | 90,000 |
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|
340,000 | -220,000 |
. Turoff could only catch runner runner to survive, but the 
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and finding himself up against Sai Wang's 
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to pair Wang's ten, although Glantz still had hopes of a spade flush. But the turn was the 
and river the 
, and Acosta is out. With 27 left, they are now redrawing for the final three tables.
. When the 
hit the turn, Montes grabbed his chips, and started sliding them forward. Panitch announced call before Montes could even finish moving his chips forward, and it was pretty clear that the trap had sprung.
for Acosta, though, and he survived with a double-up.