Leow Cripples Lin, Then Helps Him Survive
We arrived at Ivan Leow’s table in time to see the Malaysian play a big pot against Andy Lin. All the chips had gone in pre-flop and the hands were face up on the table in front of the respective players.
With the community cards spread 
Lin had 
which was behind to Leow’s 
and stacks were being counted down. The only silver lining for Lin was that he had Leow covered – by all of 200 chips.
With 50 percent of his remaining stack committed to the next ante Lin was all-in the next hand and action folded around to Leow in the small blind. The Malaysian raised to 1,700 into Xiaosheng Zheng’s big blind and the Chinese player responded with a re-raise to 4,700 in total.
Leow thought it over for a few seconds before choosing to make the call and it was three-way to a flop of 
with Leow and Zheng the only two live stacks in the hand.
After Leow checked the action over to Zheng the Chinese player fired out a 5,500 continuation bet, leaving himself 20,500 behind and after a little deliberation Leow made the call and the dealer peeled off the turn.
This brought checks from both players and the [
river completed the hand. Now Leow led, betting out 10,500 and Zheng quickly folded, leaving Leow free to rake in the side pot and climb to 38,000.
Leow turned over 
and Zheng looked distinctly unimpressed so it is a distinct possibility that he folded the best hand. Lin was pretty happy though as he had 
and just got there on the river to climb back up to 1,000. A few more like that and he’ll be back to starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000 | |
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20,500 | |
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1,000 |