Gurung Doubles Through Cho
Shingo Cho started the day in the top 10 of our counts, and even though he wasn't at the top, he may have been the odds on favorite. Cho has been on a tear here in Cebu, winning Event #1, the Cebu Cup, and taking second in Event #2, the turbo event. Cho was hoping to continue that string of final tables today, but he just took a huge hit at the hands of Milan Gurung.
We missed the preflop action, but we saw that Cho and Gurung, who were both in early position, were heads up on a flop of 
. Cho checked to Gurung, who fired out 15,500. Cho tanked for about a minute before announcing all in, and Gurung shrugged, before putting some chips forward for the call.
Cho: 
Gurung: 
It was an overpair vs. overpair cooler for Cho, who woud need one of the two remaining jacks in the deck to win. However, the board completed 
and 
, and Gurung doubled top 160,000. Meanwhile, Cho was crippled down to just 16,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
90,100
|
90,100 |
|
16,000
-104,000
|
-104,000 |