Paulius Plausinaitis

Trong Hieu Ngo was on the small blind and was heads-up against Paulius Plausinaitis on the hi-jack.

Before them was a pot of 320,000 with a board that showed 7 7 T 3

Ngo check-called the 130,000 bet of Plausinaitis.

The dealer opened a 2 on the river.

This time, Ngo led out for 175,000.

Plausinaitis threw in a time bank token and counted off 600,000 to push beyond the betting line for a raise.

Ngo examined his own stack, assessing the damage he might lose, took a good look at the juicy pot and the even juicier bet, then pushed a chip to call.

Plausinaitis peeled A 7 for trip sevens while Ngo mucked his hand back to the dealer in slow motion.