Sexton Deep-Sixed
We were just noting how Mike Sexton was on the short stack, and indeed he found a spot just now in which to try and improve his situation.
The hand began with a raise from a player in early position to 1,100, followed by a reraise to 3,000 from the player sitting to the raiser's left. Then Sexton reraised over the top from middle position for his remaining 12,000.
It folded back around to the first raiser who set out almost all of his stack -- about 18,000 worth -- save the single black (100) chip he'd been using as a card protector. The remaining player called, but the three players didn't reveal their hands quite yet.
The flop came and that last 100 soon went in the middle. The player who had the others covered was already celebrating a bit as the cards were tabled. He had for the set. Meanwhile, the original raiser tabled , and Sexton showed .
The turn was the and river the , and two players, including Sexton, hit the rail.