The Invention of the Wheel
Nivel 6
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
Phil Galfond just made a wheel straight on the river to stay alive in his heads-up contest against Ben Sulsky.
Riding a short stack, Galfond saw a flop of 
hit the table, and after checking to Sulsky to induce a bet of 20,000, Galfond moved in for his last 144,000. Sulsky called with the 
for trips on the flop, but Galfond was drawing live with his 
.
The turn brought a harmless 
, and Galfond was one card away from elimination.
River: 
Fans along the rail gasped when the ace completed Galfond's wheel straight, but for these online phenoms who have played millions of hands in their short careers, the beat was just another bump in the road.
| Jucător | Fise | Progres |
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672,000 | -128,000 |
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288,000 | 128,000 |
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