Merrifield Makes a Full House
A player raised to 17,000 from the cutoff and Steven Merrifield made it 41,500 from the small blind. The cutoff made the call and we saw a flop of 
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Merrifield led out for 51,000 and the player in the cutoff moved all in for 156,000. Merrifield made the call and the cards were turned over.
Merrifield: 
Opponent: 
Merrifield was significantly behind and needed to catch a miracle to scoop this pot. The 
on the turn dashed his hopes even further, as now he needed one of the two remaining fives to win. Fortunately for him, the 
struck the river, giving Merrifield fives full of deuces. The player in the cutoff was astounded at the river, but can at least find some solace in the $9,450 he will take home in prize money.
Merrifield is now sitting at roughly 485,000 in chips.