Lu Doubles Through Franks

Kevin Taylor

Julie Sparks started the action by raising it to 75,000. Action folded to Tsung Lu in the cutoff, who thought for about a minute before shoving his stack of 400,000 in the middle, saying "Go big or go home!" The rest of the table folded, and it was back to Franks. She tanked for about a minute, before announcing "call". The cards were flipped, and it was a great call by Franks.

Franks: {a-Clubs} {j-Diamonds}
Lu: {a-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds}

The flop was about as good as Lu could ask for without actually hitting a ten, coming {5-Diamonds} {k-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} . Lu was now looking for a diamond or a ten to win the pot, and while he didn't get it on the turn, the {k-Spades} gave him outs for a chop. Franks buried her head inot her chair as the river came out, and it came the {10-Clubs} , pairing up Lu and giving him the unlikely double up. After the hand, Lu is up to 800,000, while Franks slips to 330,000.