Singer Takes a Sad Song and Makes It Better
"Yes! Yes! Yes!"
An interesting hand occurred at the start of Level 5 over on Table 46 just now. More than just interesting for Joe Singer, speaker of the above. For him, it was awesome.
Gabe Costner opened with a raise to 400 from early position, and a player to Costner's left reraised all in. Singer failed to notice the reraise, so when he said he was calling, he didn't realize he was calling for most of his chips. Then the player acting after Singer shoved over the top all in, forcing Costner out and making it necessary for Singer to commit the last of his stack.
The original player who pushed all-in turned over 
, and the player to Singer's left showed 
. Tough spot for 
, which is what Singer had.
But the flop came 
, giving Singer a gutshot. ("Yes!) And the turn was the 
, completing his straight. ("Yes!") And the 
river meant he'd survived. ("Yes!")
Singer has about 13,000 now.