Steve Karp Doubles Thru Jay Lu

Photo:  Steve Karp

Jay Lu raises from the hijack to 800,000, and Steve Karp reraises from the small blind to 4,025,000, leaving himself just 500K behind. Lu thinks for a bit before he moves all in, and Karp calls all in for 4,525,000 with .

Lu turns over , and Karp needs his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board comes , and Lu turns an open-ended straight draw, but improves no further. Karp wins the pot with his jack kicker to double up in chips.

Steve Karp  –  9,850,000  (25 bb)
Jay Lu  –  16,025,000  (40 bb)