Hand #191: John Racener
Jonathan Duhamel has the button.
He opens to 2.75 million. John Racener moves all in from the small blind and gets two quick folds from his opponents.
Jonathan Duhamel has the button.
He opens to 2.75 million. John Racener moves all in from the small blind and gets two quick folds from his opponents.
John Racener has the button.
Racener raises to 2.8 million and both his opponents call to see the flop come down . Joseph Cheong is up first and bets 4.25 million. Jonathan Duhamel is next and he calls. Racener, the preflop aggressor, folds.
The turn brings the . Cheong fires out again and makes it 8.25 million. Duhamel folds and Cheong wins the pot to extend his lead. He's also the first player over 100 million in chips.
Joseph Cheong has the button.
He makes it 2.5 million to go and takes down the blinds and antes.
Jonathan Duhamel has the button in Seat 2.
He raises to 2.5 million, but John Racener is having none of that. From the small blind, he makes it 6.85 million total, and he's quickly rewarded with the pot to chip him back up over 30 million.
John Racener has the button.
Joseph Cheong completes from the small blind after Racener folds and Jonathan Duhamel checks in the big blind. The flop comes down and Cheong fires 1.3 million. Duhamel raises to 3.75 million and Cheong folds.
Jospeh Cheong has the button.
John Racener gets a walk.
Jonathan Duhamel has the button.
He raises to what looked like 2.5 million, and Joseph Cheong calls out of the big blind.
Heads up, they take a flop of , and Duhamel continues out with 2.75 million chips. Cheong promptly announces a check-raise to 6.75 million, and nobody is more interested in the proceedings than John Racener. Duhamel makes the call.
Turn: . Cheong keeps the betting lead with a small wager of 5.5 million, and Duhamel wastes no time calling. Racener is really into this pot now.
River: . Cheong is not slowing down now, and he fires 13.5 million more chips at the pot. Duhamel finally takes some time to think it over, shooting occasional glances at his neighbor. Finally, he calls.
Cheong waits to see Duhamel's before spinning his cards into the muck. With that big swing, Duhamel has taken a commanding chip lead in this battle. He's up over 110 million now, while Cheong drops under 80 million.
John Racener has the button.
Jonathan Duhamel gets a walk in the big blind.
Joseph Cheong has the button.
He opens for 2.5 million. Chip leader Jonathan Duhamel three-bets the small blind to 6,850,000. After John Racener folds the big blind, Cheong puts in a re-raise of his own, to 16,250,000 total. Duhamel postures for about 20 seconds before folding.
Jonathan Duhamel has the button.
He folds, and John Racener limps in from the small blind. Big blind Joseph Cheong raises to 3.2 million, Racener folds without a hitch, and Cheong steals the pot.