06-15-2008 03:50 UTC-7

Lyle Berman Doubles Up Twice

[user75032]

It had been a series of all in bets from one player or the other preflop, and finally both agreed to give it a go. Lyle Berman opened {J-Clubs}

{J-Clubs}

{9-Hearts}

; Alec Torelli showed {K-Hearts}

{K-Hearts}

{3-Diamonds}

. The first card off the deck was the {9-Clubs}

{9-Clubs}

, and it was joined by the {10-Hearts}

{10-Hearts}

and the

{Q-Clubs}

. Berman made a lock hand on the turn with the {K-Spades}

{K-Spades}

; the river {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

was superfluous.

After the hand, Berman had 422,000 chips to Torelli's 858,000. Two hands later, they got it in preflop again. Berman showed {8-Diamonds}

{8-Diamonds}

{8-Hearts}

; Torelli held {9-Diamonds}

{9-Diamonds}

{A-Clubs}

. The board of {10-Hearts}

{10-Hearts}

{10-Spades}

{Q-Clubs}

{8-Spades}

{4-Hearts}

made another big hand for Berman. Just like that, he has the chip lead, with 796,000 chips to Torelli's 484,000.