David Chiu Doubles Up

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David Chiu's stack was whittled back down to 3,600 when he got involved in this hand. Chiu limped in for 400, an opponent raised to 2,000 and Chiu called, leaving himself 1,200 behind. Before the flop could be dealt, Chiu's opponent declared himself all in for 15,000. The flop came down {K-Hearts}

. Chiu called the all in and showed {K-Diamonds}

while his opponent tabled 7-7. The turn was the {3-Clubs}

, the river was the {J-Clubs}

, and Chiu doubled up to 8,300.

"You're gonna go from a chip and a chair to chip leader!" quipped one of his tablemates.

"Don't be surprised, I've done it before," replied Chiu.

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