Cheong Chips Up Early
We caught up with the action just as the dealer was scooping the preflop pot into the middle. It appeared that Percy Mahatan opened from early position and was three-bet by Joseph Cheong on the button. Everyone folded back to Mahatan, who made the call.
The flop came 
and Mahatan checked to Cheong, who fired 60,000 into the middle. Mahatan quickly slid his hand into the muck and Cheong scooped the pot.
Cheong is up to 1.5 million in the early going.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,500,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
|
||
and up against the 
of Niall Farrell, who was in the small blind. The 
flop wasn't anything special, and neither was the 
turn. Farrell needed either a king or seven on the river to eliminate his opponent, but it was not meant to be as the 
blanked.
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and hoping his hand would hold versus the 
of Randy Haddox.
. Both players had pairs, though Malherbe's was the better one. The dealer then burned a card and delivered the 
river. "Ooooh," said Maddox, noting how the jack looked like a king at first. Malherbe survives with the double up, and the pair now have roughly even stacks.
, and Fair was eliminated.
. The 
. Silberzweig headed to the rail, while Kornuth collected the chips, and is now over a million.
. Khun was up against the 
of Michael Shelton and the two were racing.
on fifth. With that pot, Khun is now sitting on 670,000 in chips.
turn gave Selbst trip tens and left Carrillo drawing slim.
- leaving Selbst with quads and ensuring Carrillo's fate of elimination.
