Chehanske Cracks Aces to Double Through Nguyen
For the second straight hand, Jonathan Chehanske raised it to 50,000. Action folded to Soi Nugyen in the small blind, and he three bet it to 123,000. It got back to Chehanske, and he moved all in for 523,000. Nguyen snap called, and saw he was in great shape to own 1/3 of the chips in play.
Nguyen: 
Chehanske: 
Chehanske was looking for a jack to survive, and he rocketed into the lead when the flop came 
. Nguyen was looking for a two outer of his own now, and while the 
on the turn wasn't an ace, it did give Ngyuen one more out. He could now catch the case deuce to win the hand, but the 
hit the river.
After that pot, Chehanske is over a million for the first time today, while Soi drops under one million for the first time today.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,010,000
378,000
|
378,000 |
|
911,000
-694,000
|
-694,000 |
.
, and Roussakis took just a few seconds to move all in. Liu asked for a count, and found out that the bet was worth 406,000. Liu cut out the chips for the call, and started playing with them. About 90 seconds into the tank, it look like Liu was stacking his chips and getting ready to call, but he didn't make an action. Eventually, after about three minutes in the tank, Liu folded.
, and Chehanske checked to Nguyen, who fired out 60,000. Chehanske put in a check raise to 180,000, and Nguyen tossed the chips in for the call.
, and Chehanske checked again. Nguyen wasn't deterred by the check raise on the flop, and he bet out 150,000. Chehanske thought for about 90 seconds before kicking his cards in, giving the pot to Nguyen.
. Nguyen bet out 90,000, and Erik Roussakis made the call. The river was the 
. The river was the other black king, the