Event 5: Lazaro Rojas Spikes a Two-Out River to Double Thru Quan Phui

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  79 of 559

Ernesto Castellano raised to 12,000 from the cutoff, Lazaro Rojas three-bet all in for 111,000 from the button, Quan Phui called in the big blind and Castellano folded.

Rojas:  8d8s
Phui:  9h9s

The board ran out 5h4d5d3h8h, giving Rojas eights full of fives on the river to double through Phui.

Lazaro Rojas  –  243,000  (41 bb)
Quan Phui  –  430,000  (72 bb)