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07-05-2009 10:49 UTC-12

Cheong's River Raise Pays Off

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The action between Sanghyon Cheong and his opponent was very straight-forward until the river. Cheong's opponent check-called 350 on a flop of {K-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

{9-Clubs}

{10-Spades}

and 600 on the {K-Hearts}

{K-Hearts}

turn. When the river fell {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

, Cheong's opponent led out for 1,000. Cheong raised that bet to 2,500, then showed {J-Spades}

{J-Spades}

{Q-Clubs}

for a flopped straight after his opponent called. His opponent showed {K-?}

{K-?}

{Q-?}

, trip kings.

Cheong is on 42,500 in chips.