2019 World Series of Poker
Joseph Cheong won another nice pot after quickly calling a river bet of 125,000 from his opponent and turning over the winning two pair hand with ![]()
. His opponent showed a bluff leaving Cheong to gather a large pot and bring his stack toward the top of the chip counts as the bubble looms.
Blake Bohn opened the action, making it 15,000 from the cutoff. Yudi Jaswal called from the big blind and they went heads up to the flop.
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board, Bohn continued for 18,000 in position, which Jaswal check-called. The turn was a
and Bohn barreled again, increasing the price to 90,000, which Jaswal check-tank-called.
The
completed the board and when Jaswal checked again, Bohn opted to check it back. Jaswal turned over ![]()
for a turned flush and Bohn said that he had the straight, before mucking his cards.
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, Alex Fortin Demers was on the button, facing a bet of 18,000 from a player under the gun. Demers ripped in his last 85,000 and the other player tanked for a while before deciding to go for it.
Demers flopped the top set with ![]()
, but the hand was far from having been decided with the other player showing ![]()
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Demers needed to fade tens and fives and he did so on the
and
river, securing a double up.
Kevin Saul had a tower of T25,000 chips in front of him, enough to set an opponent in early position all in. Saul was in the small blind on ![]()
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and had bet effectively about 250,000, an overbet into a pot of about 150,000. His opponent smiled as they exchanged banter, and he tanked for several minutes before releasing. Saul asked if he laid down ace-king and the player answered in the negative as if shocked that was the hand to pop into Saul's mind.
Thomas Boivin completed the blind and Alex Foxen checked. The board ran out ![]()
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with only a min-bet from Boivin and a call on the turn going into the pot. Boivin came to life with a large bet of 75,000, well over the pot. Foxen tanked until a clock was called, then he flicked in a chip.
Boivin showed ![]()
for aces full.
On a table that also includes Chris Moneymaker, Viacheslav Igin and Roger Campbell headed to the ![]()
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flop and Igin checked. Campbell in the cutoff led for 60,000 and Igin asked to see his remaining stack before tossing in five T-100,000 chips.
Campbell needed half a minute and sent his cards to the muck with the words "that's a good bet."