Laben Doubles Through Elsby
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Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 0 ante
Craig Laben has just scored a much-needed double-up in the first hand after the break, courtesy of Matthew Elsby.
Laben raised from early position and the action folded around to Elsby who reraised it from the blinds. Laben four-bet it, but Elsby came back with a five-bet. Laben called, leaving only 10,000 behind, which he threw in after Elsby checked to him on the flop of 
.
Elsby called, tabling 
, with his overpair still ahead of Laben, who had hit top pair with 
. To Elsby's disgust, the 
spiked on the turn, and if that wasn't enough, a repeat 
appeared on the river to fill Laben up for the double-up.
Elsby is still shaking his head in disbelief as he looks down at his stack, now only worth 165,000 in chips.