Lucky Seven Saves Carpenter
Level 24
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Tim Begley opened with a raise to 36,000 from middle position, then Scott Carpenter reraised all in for about 185,000 from the cutoff. Edward Pham didn't waste much time announcing he was all in as well. The blinds got out, and Begley stepped aside, too.
Carpenter had 
, well behind Pham's 
. Until the flop, anyway, which came 
, giving Carpenter a set and the lead. The 
turn suggested chop possibilities, but the river was the 
and Carpenter survived with the double-up.
Carpenter is back up to about 415,000, while Pham now sits with about 190,000.
"Don't put that one on the internet," cracked Carpenter afterwards. We'll just pretend we walked away from the table before hearing that.