07-12-2009 07:29 UTC-12

Sitron Sets Up

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On a flop of {5-Clubs}

{5-Clubs}

{4-Clubs}

{10-Diamonds}

, Amir Esfandiary got the rest of his chips into the middle with {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

{A-Spades}

. Scott Sitron was the covering stack, and he came along to put Esfandiary at risk of elimination with {5-Hearts}

{5-Hearts}

{5-Spades}

. "I knew you had me," said Esfandiary. "But I called on the backdoor cards."

The {2-Spades}

{2-Spades}

on the turn was one of those potential backdoor cards, but the river was the {10-Spades}

{10-Spades}

. With his full house of fives over tens, Sitron takes out Esfandiary and chips his way up to 680,000.

Tags: Amir Esfandiary Scott Sitron