Just What the Doctor Ordered
Dave "Doc" Sands called a bet of 2,300 on the board of 
from one opponent. The river brought the 
and the player checked to Sands. Sands fired a bet of 5,750 and won the pot. That pot put him at about 160,000 in chips, but was just a small preview to the big boom that would happen on the next hand.
Sands raised preflop to 1,750 and got two callers to see the flop come down 
. The two players that called checked over to Sands. He fired a continuation bet worth 2,750. The first player check-raised to 8,000 and the player caught in the middle folded. Sands thought for a moment, pulled his original bet back and then fired in a reraise to 14,575. His opponent didn't waste much time and moved all in for 61,225 total.
"Do you really have five-five here? That's the only hand you can have I can't beat," Sands said, as he was faced with the decision of whether or not to continue with the hand.
Sands verified the count and then made the call saying, "If you have a set of fives, you got me, otherwise I have the best hand."
The opponent shook his head and tabled the 
. Sands held the 
.
The turn was the 
and provided a minor sweat for Sands as his opponent picked up some outs. The river completed the board with the 
though and Sands won the pot. Winning that pot boosted his stack to over 230,000 in chips.