Big Pot for Sage as He Doubles Through Rast
From under the gun, Benjamin Sage raised to 2,500. David "Doc" Sands was in the next seat and made the call. Action then folded a couple of spots over to Brian Rast in the hijack seat. He put in a reraise to 10,500. Play folded over to the big blind and that's where Matthew Kirk was positioned. He tanked for a bit, but eventually folded his hand, although it seemed as though he didn't want to. After that, Sage called and Sands called.
The flop rolled out 
and both Sage and Sands checked to Rast. He fired a bet of 21,000. Sage went into the tank for a minute or two before grabbing a pile of chips and tossing them into the middle for a reraise. Sands quickly folded and then Rast requested a count. Sage's reraise was for 68,000 and he had a little under 30,000 behind.
Rast tanked long and hard, looking pained by the decision he was confronted with. After a few long minutes, he announced that he was all in and Sage quickly called.
Sage turned over the 
for top set of aces and a gutshot straight draw to the wheel. Rast held the 
for top two pair.
After the turn brought the 
to pair the board and give Sage a full house, Rast was drawing dead. The river completed the board with the 
.
Sage was all in on the flop for 95,500 total and doubled to nearly 225,000 in chips. Rast was knocked all the way back to approximately 20,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
224,000 | |
|
21,000 | -169,000 |
|
20,000 | -5,000 |