Cheung Beats Bloggers Curse
In recent tournaments, Day 1A included, every time we watch Sparrow Cheung in action things go badly for the Hong Kong player. However, proving that this is just coincidence rather than our fault Cheung has just managed to win a race.
The hand was eerily similar to the one that played out yesterday against Geoff Mooney where Cheung raised the button and was shoved on by the big blind. Only this time things worked out a little differently.
It all started with a limp from a player in early position, with the recently arrived Fabian Quoss making the call from the cutoff before Cheung made it 5,000 to go from the button.
The small blind folded but big blind Ning Sun decided to put Cheung to the test and moved all-in. Both the original limper and Quoss got out of the way and the action was back on Cheung who had a decision to make as, with just over 30,000 left, the call would be for his tournament life. However, Cheung made the call quite quickly and the cards were turned over.
Sparrow Cheung: 
Ning Sun: 
The main difference between this hand and the one that played out yesterday is the fact that Cheung had 
then and his opponent Mooney had 
. This time Cheung is racing rather than being a 3-1 dog but he would need to hit to survive.
The 
flop gave Cheung some additional outs to go with his two overcards, but he didn’t need them as the 
hit the turn to give him the lead. The 
river locked in the double for the Hong Kong player and he climbed to 63,200 while Sun dropped to 22,500. While we can’t take any credit whatsoever for Cheung’s victory it’s just nice to know that we are not bad luck…
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
63,200
22,175
|
22,175 |
|
22,500
22,500
|
22,500 |