Pepper Doesn't Pay Off Hoang
Level 29
: 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Gareth Pepper opened the action with a raise to 225,000 with the 
and he was called by Ngoc Tai Hoang in the big blind, who held 
. The flop came 
and both players elected to check.
Hoang turned a straight with the 
and bet 200,000, Pepper stuck around. After the 
river, Hoang double-checked his cards and made it 690,000 to go into a pot of 1 million.
Pepper was sent into the think tank for more than two minutes and he eventually released his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,760,000 | -425,000 |
|
5,030,000 | 945,000 |