Newnum Nails His Double Up
We didn't catch the action as it happen, but Jay "WhoJedi" Newnum filled us in on what happened. According to him, he raised it up to 2,400 on the button, and the player in the big blind shipped all in, having Newnum covered.
Newnum called with 
, and was in about as good a shape as you can be in, as his opponent had 
. Of course, nothing is easy in poker, as the flop came down 
giving his opponent a gut shot straight draw. However, it never came, and Newnum collected the double.
He was quickly rewarded for this double by getting poker pro Joe Tehan moved directly to his left. Tehan has about 65,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
||
|
42,000
15,000
|
15,000 |