Delaney Goes Back-to-Back

Ben Delaney is making a late bid for the overnight chip lead. In back-to-back hands he moved from about 34,000 in chips to over 84,000. In the first hand, Delaney opened to 4,000 from under the gun. Action passed to a player in late position, who moved all in for 28,000. Jim Ghobrial had a tough decision in the big blind with Delaney still to act but elected to fold {J-Spades}

. Delaney then called the all-in bet. His {Q-Spades}

were up against his opponent's {A-Clubs}

. A jack-high flop would have made a set for Ghobrial but instead was safe for Delaney. Running tens completed the board and allowed Delaney to eliminate his opponent and move to 70,000.

The very next hand, Kenny Ng moved all in for 12,000. Action passed to Delaney in the big blind, who called with {A-Diamonds}

. He was a favorite over Ng's {J-Spades}

and won the hand when neither player improved. Ng joined the railbirds as Delaney's latest victim while Delaney dragged another pot to move to 84,000.

Tags: Ben Delaney Jim Ghobrial Kenny Ng