Double Double for Matros
Level 21
Matt Matros was on life support. He got his last bet in on a flop with
for middle pair. Brandon Meyers held
and needed to hit. The
turn was a brick, and the
river gave Matros two pair and more than 200,000.
The players realized that the clock had rolled over to the next level already, meaning that hand probably should have been no limit. On one of the first no limit hands they played, Matros moved all in for 209,000, and Meyers took another shot at eliminating him with a call out of the big blind. Matros had the lead with against Meyers'
. The
board was clean, and Matros doubled to 442,000.