Spectacular Double for Sirens

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After losing a big pot a few minutes ago, Van Marcus found himself extremely short-stacked. He shoved from the button for 131,000 and was called by the big blind, Michael Chang.

Chang: {A-Spades}

Marcus:

It was bad news for Marcus. He found himself dominated by Chang's hand. But Marcus has led a charmed life in this tournament, rivering a two-outer yesterday to send a player home, and runner-runnering quads in the middle stages of the tournament to avoid a crippling defeat at the hands of Daniel Nordstrom's flopped set.

It seemed like his luck had seen him through again -- the window card was the {Q-Clubs}

. But as the left-handed dealer Linda spread the flop, she revealed the {7-Diamonds}

and the

. Marcus was once again in need of a two-outer.

The gallery erupted when Marcus hit his two-outer on the turn, pulling the {Q-Hearts}

. The

hit the river giving Marcus a new lease on life in this tournament.

"Wow," said Marcus after the hand was over. His stack is now 279,000, all in blue (1,000) chips. "I'm chip leader of the blue chips," Marcus joked. He told David Saab yesterday that he didn't need any luck to win this tournament, but we imagine that Marcus will agree that it certainly doesn't hurt.

Tags: Michael Chang Van Marcus