Chehanske Catching Up
With Lynda Tran short stacked, and Edmund Liu being seemingly card dead, it's up to Jonathan Cheanske to duke it out with our chip leader Soi Nguyen, and he appears to be up to the task.
Action started with Chehanske raising to 65,000, and he got a call from Nguyen in the small blind and Lynda Tran in the big blind. The flop ran down 
, and it was checked to Chehanske, who fired out 115,000. Nguyen never likes to fold, and he wasn't going to here, as he raised it up to 260,000. Tran quickly got out of the way, but Chehanske made the call.
The turn brought the 
, and Nguyen kept the pressure on with a bet of 315,000. Chehanske cut the chips out of his stack, and thought for about 30 seconds before making the call. The river came the 
, and Nguyen finally decided to slow down and check. Chehanske quickly checked as well, and tabled 
for top pair. Nguyen mucked his hand, and the big pot was shipped over to Chehanske.
After that hand, Chehanske has nearly drawn level with Nguyen, sitting on 2.295 million to Nguyen's 2.55 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,550,000
-650,000
|
-650,000 |
|
2,295,000
860,000
|
860,000 |