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Normand Soars up the Chip Counts
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
PokerNews caught up with Derek Normand who recounted how he doubled up the previous level against Ren Lin.
Normand had opened to 40,000 and was three-bet to 120,000 by Lin, which he called to see the flop of Q♠9♦5♥.
Normand check-called a bet of 80,000 and they went to the turn 10♥ where Lin fired again for 140,000. Normand then shoved all in for his remaining 580,000 and Lin made the call to put him at risk .
Derek Normand: J♦J♠
Ren Lin: A♣Q♥
Normand's jacks were well behind Lin's pair of queens, but the river saved him as the 8♣ smacked down to give him a straight to stay alive with a big double-up. He has since been on a hot streak and is now sitting at close to 2,000,000 in chips while LIn unfortunately was eliminated.