Hosein Spikes the River
Level 32
: Blinds 120,000/240,000, 240,000 ante
Seiji Sasaki raised to 480,000 on the button and Amin Hosein defended the big blind. The flop was J♣6♠4♣ and Hosein checked. Sasaki bet 285,000 and Hosein called.
The turn was the 10♠ and Hosein checked again. Sasaki simply shoved, putting Hosein to the test for his final 2,410,000 in chips. Hosein spent minutes agonizing over his decision before calling it off.
Amin Hosein: 7♠4♠
Seiji Sasaki: K♦J♦
Hosein was behind but still had a bunch of outs to survive. He hit one of them on the 9♠ river and exploded out of his chair to loudly celebrate the double-up with his friend on the rail.