Easy Newcombe, Easy Go
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The after-dinner session has not been kind to the chip stack of Matt Newcombe. He was the chip leader right around the break, but his stack has been pretty steadily slipping since.
In Newcombe's most recent stumble, we picked up the action as the turn card was already out on the 
board. Our hero had led out with a bet of 54,000, and his opponent made the call to see the last card. It was the 
, and Newcombe wasn't slowing down. He stacked up 120,000 and slid it out into the middle of the table. His opponent needed some time to think it over, but he eventually made a reluctant call with a shrug and a shake of the head.
"I can't beat you," Newcombe said, holding his cards face-down. His opponent let him off the hook by tabling his own 
, and that loss knocks Newcombe back down to about 240,000 from his high point of about 800,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000
-320,000
|
-320,000 |