Liu Doubles Again
Jeff Norman raised from middle position, and JJ Liu three-bet him from the small blind. Norman did some quick eyeballing of Liu's remaining short stack before making the call. "I might not like the flop," he announced.
It came out , and Liu bet 10,000 of her 19,000-chip stack. That sent Norman deep into the tank as he counted out the pot bet-by-bet. Finally, he conceded that the chips were going in, and he raised to put Liu to the test. She tabled , and she was ahead but still needed to sweat the of Norman.
The on the turn made things a little interesting, but a blank on the river gave Liu another timely double up. She's back to right at 100,000 now, and still in the proverbial ball game.