I am the Trap, Standing Ovation
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After his stack took a few early hits here on Day 2 of the Seniors Championship, the always entertaining Young Ji never lost his confidence, telling our PokerNews Live Reporting team "I'll be back baby!"
Ji proved that prediction to be spot on, after winning a recent hand with his "master" Tommy Vedes standing behind him in support. You may remember Vedes as the winner of the 2009 WPT $15,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship ($1,218,225), and with this accomplished poker pro sweating him, Ji woke up with 
and found a way to trap both players into risking their stacks.
When one of those players with all of his chips in the middle saw Ji's holding, he said "we're in big trouble buddy," flipping over the 
to show Ji that they shared the same hole cards.
"No we're not," was Ji's only reply. "No we are not."
With two pairs of aces going up against the 
tabled by the third player, who happened to have both Ji and the other opponent covered, everybody at the table stood in anticipation, waiting to see if the final board would be kind to the mother of all poker hands.
When the dealer rolled out the 
, Ji clapped his hands in celebration, turning back to Vedes to commiserate over the sick sweat. Vedes patted his friend on the shoulder in encouragement, telling the man now known as Young Ji-Z to keep running good before heading off to no doubt play a few hands of his own.
With the chopped pot win, Ji regained his status as one of our chip leaders, and the Amazon Room just got a little more exciting as Day 2 marches onward.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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127,000
104,000
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104,000 |
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. The 1997 Main Event runner-up was in good shape with his 
, but as he learned the hard way on the hot Fremont Street pavement one fateful day 16 years ago, nothing is decided until the river card falls.
drop in on the turn. With one card between him and a double up, Strzemp was impassive, perhaps knowing he had already suffered the worst bad beat he'll ever take. Sure enough, the 
came on the river, and Strzemp secured the double despite a bit of unwanted sweat.
for a full house, and O'Dea held 
expecting to be in a coin flip situation at worst, but he was dismayed to see Iannello table the 
arrived on the turn, Ji stood up and sighed, before offering the table a sincere "good luck to you all."