Double Take

Here are two short stack double ups.

Double Up No.1 – Lionel Tran

Lionel Tran just moved in over a Rocco Palumbo three bet and Palumbo made the call. Tran was holding pocket queens against the dominated pocket jacks of Palumbo. The board stayed true for Tran and he now has 45,000 while Palumbo has 110,000.

Double Up No. 2 – Jeremie Sochet

We join the action on a flop of [8c] [6h] [3h] and the action is three-way. Jason Wheeler checks out of the big blind, Marko Neumann bets 8,500 and Jeremie Sochet calls. Back to Wheeler and he springs his move with a check-raise to 27,000. Neumann folds but Sochet moves all-in for 40,800 and Wheeler makes up the loose change.

Hands on their backs and Wheeler has [6d] [3d] for two pair and Sochet [Kh] [Ks] for the over pair. So Sochet was on his way out, until the dealer gave him the [Kd] on the turn to hand Sochet a set. The river was irrelevant and Sochet doubles up.

Sochet ~ 95,000
Wheeler ~ 100,000