James Mitchell is out and becomes the 3rd place finisher winning £60,000After a poor start to the 3-handed encounter, James Mitchell finds himself down to around the 700,000 mark.
From the button,
Sam Trickett makes it 80,000, only for James to push all in from the big blind.
As Sam requests a count, the crowd swamp the table in anticipation of witnessing the biggest pot of the tournament thus far.
After being told it will cost him 614,000 more, Sam agonises in his decision as he rises from his seat, shakes his head and exhales deeply.
Whilst James sits stoically, almost motionless in his seat, Sam returns to his, glances momentarily at his foe and places his head in his hands.
As members of the rail attempt to predict the hands, mostly wrongly so, Sam continues to mull over his decision. After one final look over at James, who still remains cucumber cool under the spotlight, Sam slides in four columns of chips and announces, "Let's try and win it."
"What a call!" commends a member of the rail as James flips
, and Sam
.
The flop is a safe one for Sam...
but the turn gives James extra outs...
But the river is a blank...
... and Sam takes the pot.
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