Josh Foster Doubles Thru Dustin Tran

Photo:  Josh Foster smiles after his dramatic double-up.

Josh Foster is all in from the cutoff for 1,150,000 with , and needs his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Dustin Tran, who is under the gun.

The board comes , and Tran pairs his jack on the flop, but Foster spikes a nine on the river to win the pot with a set of nines and double up in chips.

Josh Foster  –  2,450,000  (49 bb)
Dustin Tran  –  925,000  (19 bb)

Photo:  Josh Foster (center) had seemingly resigned himself to being eliminated and was walking away when he spiked a nine on the river to stay alive.