Chen on a Heater
Christopher Nguyen opened the cutoff to 50,000 and was called by David Chen in the small blind and Alex Kulev in the big blind.
On the Q♠5♠5♦ flop, it checked to Nguyen who bet 25,000. Chen called all-in for 5,000 and Kulev folded.
David Chen: A♠7♣ 
Christopher Nguyen: 10♥8♠
Chen held through the J♠A♥ runout to double his short stack.
Two hands later, Omer Smidt opened to 55,000 from early position before Chen three-bet to 180,000 from the cutoff with 5,000 back, Smidt called before the rest went in on the flop.
David Chen: J♦J♣
Omer Smidt: A♥K♥
Things were looking grim for Chen on the K♦9♣3♣ flop. The 10♥ turn gave him a gutshot before the Q♥ river gave Chen the straight to double again.
The very next hand, Chen opened the hijack to 50,000 and Kevin Rabichow called in the big blind off a short stack.
The Q♠J♠4♠ flop checked through to the 10♣ turn which saw Rabichow jam for 190,000 and Chen snap-called.
Kevin Rabichow: J♦9♦
David Chen: A♥A♣
Rabichow had a pair and an open-ender but was behind the aces of Chen who held through the board-pairing Q♥ river to eliminate Rabichow.
Chen has gone from 55,000 to 680,000 in the span of four hands.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,875,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
||
|
1,250,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
||
|
680,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
|
675,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||