01-12-2008 14:29 UTC+10

Lee Nelson Doubles Up

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Lee Nelson

On a flop of {8-Spades}

{8-Spades}

{5-Spades}

{6-Diamonds}

Lee Nelson was facing a re-raise from his opponent holding {8-Diamonds}

{8-Diamonds}

{7-Spades}

. He decided to commit to his hand and pushed all in. His opponent insta-called holding the stone cold nuts with his {7-Hearts}

{7-Hearts}

{9-Diamonds}

.

Amazingly the turn and river land {Q-Spades}

{Q-Spades}

{4-Spades}

and Nelson has made a backdoor flush to survive and jump to 6,850 chips.

Following the hand Nelson was overheard to say "I didn't put him on THAT hand!"

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