02-26-2010 03:59 UTC-12

Ludger On a Slippery Slope

[user66118]

First in from middle position, Stephen Chidwick open-raised to 20,000. Norbert Ludger called from the big blind, and the two men went heads up the rest of the way.

The flop was an action flop as the dealer rolled out {8-Spades}

. When Ludger checked, Chidwick continued out with a bet of 37,500. Ludger then stuck in a check-raise to 76,000, and Chidwick responded by moving all in over the top. His opponent snap-called for the rest of his stack, and Chidwick had him on the ropes:

Chidwick: {8-Clubs}

Ludger:

How quickly things can change though. The {5-Spades}

that dropped on the turn improved Ludger to the nine-high straight, needing to fade just a few outs to ensure his survival. The river {3-Hearts}

was a safe rag, and he's doubled his way up to 455,000.

Chidwick had himself a roller-coaster Day 2, and his Day 3 is shaping up to be more of the same. After nearly doubling his stack in the first full level, he's been knocked back down to 249,000, just about where his day began.

Tags: Norbert Ludger Stephen Chidwick