On a board of 8652, Dan Trush bet enough to put his opponent’s tournament life on the line and after about 30 seconds of thought, about 50,000 in chips went into the middle.
Trush turned over A8 for top pair and the nut flush draw, and his opponent showed 96 for middle pair and a straight draw. The river was the Q and Trush scored the knockout, increasing his stack to 225,000.
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and Trush scored the knockout, increasing his stack to 225,000.