Alexander Burton shoved from late position and was called by Eric Rivera out of the small blind.
Alexander Burton: 

Eric Rivera: 

Burton was behind and would need help to survive. That help came on the 

flop and the
turn kept Burton ahead. The
improved Burton to a full house as he exclaimed, "That is the best thing I've seen!".
The very next hand Burton found himself all in again, this time against Phong Nguyen.
Alexander Burton: 
Phong Nguyen: 

This time Burton had his opponent dominated and after a clean runout of 



he went from being one of the shortest stacks in the room to tournament average in the span of a couple hands.
"Can we go for the hatrick?" Burton wondered aloud. It was not to be, however, as he folded his next hand preflop.
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