Mike Sandler (New York, NY)
Big Stax 500 Champion
$51,796
If there is anyway to end this heads up match, it would of course have to be a pretty sick hand. We caught the action on the turn:
Board: 5♣ 2♦ 7♠ 8♦
Mike Sandler had bet out 775,000 (pot already over 1,000,000), and Anderson thought for a few before making the call:
River: 7♦
Sandler now checked, and Anderson would now bet out just over 2,000,000. To James's surprise, Sandler check-raised all-in. James was really torn, taking off his glasses, and replaying the hand to himself. He put in a stack of yellow chip making the call, and Sandler tabled 7♣ 5♦ (rivered full house). James showed 6 9 (turned the nut straight), and with only 3,000,000 behind it was a call he almost had to make. Anderson was a class act in defeat, and his once again falls just short of a Big Stax trophy.
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