Farrell Doubles
Niall Farrell doubled his stack in one of the first hands of the day. In fact, he was already up a little bit for the day when he doubled up.
Michael Levy, winner of the Star Poker Summer Series in Sydney for A$173,250 last December, raised the hijack and Niall Farrell in the big blind made the call.
Farrell gently tapped the table on a flop of 
and Levy fired 2,800. Farrell called and check called another 5,600 on the 
turn as well. The river came the 
and Farrell checked for the third time.
"How much you got?" Levy asked Farrell. The British EPT Malta champion replied he had 13,700 left.
"I'm all in" Levy said not much later, followed by stack of yellow 5,000-chips getting placed in the middle.
Farrell thought about it for just half a minute or so before committing his chips.
Levy's face said enough; he showed his 
for not much of anything. Farrell triumphantly showed his 
for the winning hand en could start stacking.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
117,000 | -20,000 |
|
48,600 | 29,900 |