Sunday, August 14, 2016 7:09 PM Local Time
Michael Sanders Triples Up
Joseph Yohannes raises to 1,300 from under the gun, and Matt Emmel calls in the hijack. The cutoff shoves all in for 14,100, and action is on Michael Sanders on the button. He looks at his cards, pauses for nearly a minute, asks Emmel to see his chip stack, and then shoves all in for 9,100. The blinds both fold, and Yohannes announces that he is all in, having both players covered. Emmel flashes , tosses them into the muck, and the players table their hands.
Sanders:
Cutoff:
Yohannes:
"I have a good feeling about this hand," the cutoff says, "We can either do this the dirty way and it can run out a straight, or I am going to flop a set, but I think I am going to win this hand."
The flop comes , giving Sanders a pair of queens, but leaving Yohannes' kings in the lead. That lead is maintained when the turn comes the , but the on the river gives Sanders two pair and he will triple up.
Michael Sanders - 30,000
Joseph Yohannes - 35,000