08-29-2009 17:30 UTC+8

Kyle Cheong Eliminated in 19th Place ($12,489)

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Kyle Cheong - 19th Place

Kyle Cheong entered the day as the chip leader with 577,500 chips. He was only able to make it about halfway through the field before hitting the rail.

Cheong was in the big blind and had position on small blind Michael Kim, who opened the preflop action to 26,000. Cheong called to a flop of {10-Diamonds}

{10-Diamonds}

{J-Clubs}

{4-Clubs}

. Kim made a flop bet of 35,000, about two-third pot. Cheong's response was to raise all in for 144,000 total. Kim quickly called.

Kim: {j-Hearts}

{j-Hearts}

{5-Spades}

, a pair of jacks
Cheong: {10-Hearts}

{10-Hearts}

{7-Hearts}

, a pair of tens

With no draw to speak of, Cheong was left to look for a ten or a seven. The {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

on the turn was not one of those cards, nor was the {3-Clubs}

{3-Clubs}

river. Cheong went from first place at the start of the day to out in 19th. It is surely a disappointing result for him.

Kim now has 615,000 chips.

Tags: Kyle Cheong Michael Kim