Top Pair Versus Bottom Set
Level 30
: 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante
From under the gun, Mike Sowers raised to 260,000 with the 
. Sam Stein got aggressive from the button with a reraised to 680,000 holding the 
. Sowers made the call after a minute of thought.
The flop came down as a big one, 
. Sowers flopped bottom set to Stein's top pair. Here in the media room, "Ooooohs!" and "Aaahhhhhs!" were had. Sowers checked his set to Stein, who fired 415,000. Sowers put in a check-raise to 1.375 million and Stein made the call.
The turn card was the 
and it was a card that could help Stein to get away from the hand. Sowers fired 1.7 million and Stein correctly mucked his hand, giving this one up.