Zhao Straightens Out Chen
Level 4
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
We caught the action on the flop in a 3-way hand between James Chen, Hongjun Zhao and Dan ‘leisure wear’ Smith on a flop of 
just as Chen fired out a bet of 8,000.
Both Zhao and Smith made the call to keep the action 3-way to the 
turn and Chen fired again, this time for 20,000. Zhao thought it over for a bit and made the call and Smith bowed out to take play heads-up to the 
river.
Chen moved nearly all the rest of his stack into the middle for a bet of a little under 30,000, keeping back a single 500 chip, which is sitting on top of his cards.
Zhao called pretty quickly and Chen turned over 
which was not enough to beat Zhao’s straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
175,000 | |
|
500
80,900
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80,900 |
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