Cho Continues Incredible Heater

Kevin Taylor

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 100 ante

Shingo Cho might just be calling the Waterfront Airport Casino and Hotel his second home, as he has been on the heater of a lifetime here at the APPT stop in Cebu. Cho started things off by winning event #1, the Cebu Cup. He followed that up with a 2nd place finish in the turbo event last night, and he has just won a massive pot here in the Main Event to put him up at second in chips.

Cho opened the action in early position with a bet of 2,800, and it was folded to Sotirios Koutopas in the small blind. He three bet it to 7,600, and Cho came along to see a flop of . Koutopas kept the pressure up with a bet of 8,100, and Cho dropped the call in. The turn brought the , and Koutopas assembled a huge bet of 19,400 and stuck it in the middle. In the exact same manner, Cho counted out the chips, took a close look at them, and dropped them in the middle for the call.

The river brought the , and this time Koutopas checked. Cho assembled a bet of 17,000, which was for about half his stack, and slid it into the middle. Koutopas called before the dealer could even confirm the size of the bet, and Cho tabled for a full house. Koutopas mucked, dropping him to 30,000 in the process.