Match 2: Cheong Flops Two Pair, Takes Massive Lead
Level 19
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Hugo Lemaire had the button and opened to 15,000. Joseph Cheong called.
The flop fell , and Cheong checked. Lemaire fired 14,000, Cheong check-raised to 51,000, and Lemaire called. The turn was the , and Cheong led for 77,000. Lemaire tank-called.
The completed the board, and Cheong tossed out 156,000. Lemaire tanked for nearly a minute, staring at both Cheong and the board, before he finally called.
"Two pair," Cheong said, tabling .
Lemaire unhappily mucked, and Cheong now has a massive lead.