Lew Pulls the Double Dip
No-Limit
Brian Aleksa raised to 4,700 from the cutoff seat, and Matt Matros three-bet to 13,000 on the button. In the big blind, Randy Lew squeezed his cards and reraised all in for 37,600 total. Aleksa folded quickly, but Matros was doing the chip math in his head for a minute or so.
"What is it? Thirty-seven six? I guess I have to call." With that, he plunked in the matching chips to put Lew at risk, turning up his mediocre . Lew was set to double-double his refreshment with .
The board ran safe for him: , and that's another double up for Lew. He's back close to 80,000 now, while Matros is left with just 15,100.