Alexander Burton shoved from late position and was called by Eric Rivera out of the small blind.
Alexander Burton: ![{j-Clubs}](/img/cards/jc.gif)
![{7-Clubs}](/img/cards/7c.gif)
Eric Rivera: ![{10-Spades}](/img/cards/10s.gif)
![{10-Clubs}](/img/cards/10c.gif)
Burton was behind and would need help to survive. That help came on the ![{7-Diamonds}](/img/cards/7d.gif)
![{j-Spades}](/img/cards/js.gif)
flop and the
turn kept Burton ahead. The
improved Burton to a full house as he exclaimed, "That is the best thing I've seen!".
The very next hand Burton found himself all in again, this time against Phong Nguyen.
Alexander Burton: ![{a-Clubs}](/img/cards/ac.gif)
Phong Nguyen: ![{a-Diamonds}](/img/cards/da.gif)
![{8-Spades}](/img/cards/8s.gif)
This time Burton had his opponent dominated and after a clean runout of ![{a-Spades}](/img/cards/as.gif)
![{6-Diamonds}](/img/cards/6d.gif)
![{2-Hearts}](/img/cards/2h.gif)
![{k-Spades}](/img/cards/ks.gif)
he went from being one of the shortest stacks in the room to tournament average in the span of a couple hands.
"Can we go for the hatrick?" Burton wondered aloud. It was not to be, however, as he folded his next hand preflop.
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Alexander BurtonEric RiveraPhong Nguyen