Stein Sticks it In There
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We picked up the action as four players took a flop of 
in a raised pot. Action checked around to position where Masa Kagawa flicked out a bet of 2,500. Sam Stein called from the small blind, and Jon Aguiar and the fourth player ducked out of the way.
It was heads up to the turn, and the dealer put the 
out on board. When Stein checked again, Kagawa fired another 7,000 at the pot. Stein spent a good bit of time considering the best play with his short stack, and he eventually settled on a check-raise all in for 11,425. Kagawa didn't want to call the few thousand extra chips, good news for Stein. When he did call, Kagawa turned up his 
, and Stein's 
had him one card from the double up.
The river came the safe 
, and that was that. Stein wins the pot to double his way up to about 32,000, while Kagawa falls back to about 14,000 now.