Two Pair Equals Double the Chips for Childs
Lee Childs opened with a raise to 8,500 from the cutoff seat, and it folded to Fabian Reyes in the big blind who reraised to 19,000. Childs had about 75,000 behind, and thought about a half-minute before calling the reraise.
The flop came . Reyes waited about ten seconds, then bet 27,000. Childs leaned over to see what Reyes had bet, then announced he was all in. A count showed his raise was to 64,000 total, and Reyes made the call.
Reyes had for jacks, but the flop had hit Childs twice as he had . The turn was the and river the , and the 2007 WSOP Main Event seventh-place finisher doubled to nearly 170,000. Meanwhile, Reyes still has 570,000.