Campomanes Makes the Right Call to Scoop Gigantic Pot
Tao Chen limped in on the button and so did Florencio Campomanes in the small blind. Xijie Sun raised to 365,000 from the big blind for both of his opponents to make the call.
The flop came 
, Campomanes checked and Sun continued with a bet of 420,000 after considering it for 3 minutes. He was called by both Chen and Campomanes.
The turn was the 
, Campomanes checked again and now Sun bet 1,300,000 after about another 4 minutes. Chen contemplated for a bit too and then folded. Campomanes cut out calling chips, took his time too, and then made the call.
The river completed the board with the 
. Campomanes checked for the last time and Sun shoved with a similar stack after about 3 mnutes. Campomanes dived into the tank too and then decided to make the call. Sun tabled 
for the pair of treys on the board with the ace-kicker. Campomanes got up from his chair and flipped over 
for the flopped trips to catch Sun's bluff. Campomanes had 3,815,000 behind and after paying him up, Sun was left with a mere 215,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
12,685,000
6,840,000
|
6,840,000 |
|
2,200,000
-760,000
|
-760,000 |
|
215,000
-6,225,000
|
-6,225,000 |
|
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