Straight Through the Back Door for Yasui

Grant Yasui raised to 1,700 from late position, the button reraised to 4,300, and it folded back to Yasui who called. The flop came {A-Clubs}

. Yasui bet 5,000, and his opponent called. The turn was the {8-Hearts}

, and this time Yasui checked. His opponent bet 11,000, and Yasui called.

The river was the the {J-Hearts}

. Both players checked. Yasui's opponent showed pocket eights for the flopped set, and Yasui turned over {A-Diamonds}

for the backdoor straight. It even took the dealer an extra beat to figure out Yasui was best. He's now up to 117,000.

2009 World Series of Poker