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06-03-2007 01:10 UTC-8

Neil O'Brien Now Standing Tall

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Neil O'Brien, incidentally sitting to the left of Chris Moneymaker, has caught fire. He was down to 15,000, but two big hands in a row have quadrupled his stack.

In the first hand, O'Brien held 9-9 on a flop of {2-Spades}

{2-Spades}

{6-Hearts}

{3-Diamonds}

. O'Brien pushed and was called by only 8-7 off-suit. The turn and river came {4-Hearts}

{4-Hearts}

{K-Diamonds}

, and O'Brien doubled up.

In the very next hand, O'Brien raised pre-flop to 3,500 and one opponent called. The flop came {K-Hearts}

{K-Hearts}

{3-Hearts}

{9-Hearts}

. O'Brien checked, his opponent bet 3,000, and O'Brien check-raised to 6,000. His opponent re-raised to 10,000 and O'Brien responded by going all in. His opponent laid down the hand, and O'Brien is now suddenly up to 58,000.

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