Carlos Mortensen, fresh off his 3rd-place finish at the WPT LA Poker Classic, found himself down to 10,000 chips in his match against Sam Trickett. Trickett opened the button to 1,600, then called Mortensen's three-bet shove. After the appropriate pause and set up for NBC's cameras the cards were on their backs.

Mortensen:
Trickett:

Mortensen was in rough shape but hit a fortunate river card, . He rivered jacks and tens to double up to 20,000 and extend the match.

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