The Straight Their Fate
Level 24
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Brian Ali raised from middle position, Jeff Rowland reraised, and it folded back to Ali who four-bet to 100,000. "I'm all in," said Rowland. "I call," said Ali.
It had to happen. 
for Ali. 
for Rowland.
The flop came 
. "Straighten out," requested Ali. And so it did, the 
turn and 
river making for a split pot. That had to happen, too. It was, as they say, in the cards.
Ali remains near 1.2 million, just behind chip leader Albert Winchester. And Rowland still has about 360,000. The remainder of each player's destiny awaits.