Double Double

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If one double up is good, two double ups have to be better. Mark "P0ker H0" Kroon began the day with just over 22,000 in chips, and he was the recipient of an early double up.

A bit later on, we picked up the action at his table, where he came in raising from the cutoff seat, making it 4,800 to play. Action passed to chip leader Jorge Gonzalez in the big blind, and he decided to pay to see a flop.

Heads up, the two men watched the dealer spread out {9-Diamonds}

. Gonzalez checked, and Kroon bet out 10,000. On a check-raise, Gonzalez came over the top for 45,000, and Kroon quickly moved all in. The cards were turned over:

Gonzalez: {6-Hearts}

Kroon:

When he saw his opponent's hand, Kroon stood up and walked away, shouting, "Hold up! Make me the chip leader!" The turn and river came {K-Spades}

and

respectively, and Kroon tallied his second double up in the first half hour.

Well, almost a double up. There was a bit of controversy when Gonzalez realized that he had about 7,000 more chips behind the 45,000. It was apparent that Kroon was all in, but the language barrier between the dealer and players resulted in some fuzzy recollections of the betting action. The floor was called over, and the decision was made to award Kroon only the 45,000 that Gonzalez had explicitly put in the pot.

After dragging in those chips, Kroon has moved up over the century mark, sitting with about 110,000.

Tags: Mark Kroon P0ker H0