Doubling Up Like a Champ
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Level 5
: 250/500, 50 ante
We picked up the action on fourth street in a heads-up pot between Shawn Buchanan and Berry Johnston.
Buchanan: (X)(X) / 
Johnston: (X)(X) / 
Johnston bet his lead on fourth street, and Buchanan bet into him when he picked up the lead on fifth. Johnston raised, and Buchanan raised it back to force the last 1,200 of his opponent's chips into the pot. With Johnston at risk, the cards were turned up and run out.
Buchanan: (
) / 
Johnston: () /
Johnston paired again on sixth street, but Buchanan's on seventh street meant he was drawing very live. He just needed to find a non-pairing card less than a queen to double up. He peeled a 
, and his ten-six moves him back up to about 5,100 and back into the game.