Kamran Catches Trip Tens to Double Through
Michael Kamran was in the small blind and raised to 9,000 before the flop, only to see the button reraise to 30,000. Kamran decided it was now or never and pushed his last chips into the middle and the button snap-called, tabling his . Kamran held the , and at the moment his queens were in the lead over his opponent's jacks.
The flop fell and Kamran made trip tens to solidify his position in the hand. The button held a gutshot straight with his jack-nine and would need to spike an eight to complete it. A jack would also be good for trips, but Kamran had that blocked with the jack in his hand.
The turn and river came and respectively and Kamran's trip tens held for the double-up. He now sits with just under 90,000 chips as Day 2 play continues.