06-17-2009 14:58 UTC-12

Good News, Bad News

[user66118]

After a preflop raising war, Luke Vrabel called all in for his remaining stack of 75,500 with {Q-Spades}

{Q-Spades}

{Q-Clubs}

. The news was good as his opponent tabled {J-Diamonds}

{J-Diamonds}

{J-Spades}

.

Then the news got bad. The flop came {10-Hearts}

{10-Hearts}

{J-Clubs}

{4-Spades}

, putting Vrabel deep in the hole against a set of jacks. Then the news turned around once again; the {Q-Hearts}

{Q-Hearts}

spiked the turn to re-improve Vrabel to the higher set. The safe {K-Spades}

{K-Spades}

filled out the board, and Vrabel earns a heart-stopping double up.

He's climbed all the way up close to 155,000.

Tags: Luke Vrabel