Robert Cheung Eliminated in 11th Place ($17,351)

Chad Holloway

Level 28 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

It's tough to go deep in a tournament and then take a horrendous beat to end it, which is exactly what just happened to Robert Cheung.

It began when Joe Hebert opened for 65,000 under the gun and Cheung called from the cutoff. Pavan Bhatia then three-bet to 185,000 from the big blind, both his opponents called and it was three-way action to the flop.

Bhatia wasted little time in leading out for 135,000, Hebert folded and Cheung waited a solid minute before moving all in for 385,000 more. Bhatia thought for an equally long time before calling and discovered his was dominated by Cheung's . The only way Bhatia could eliminated Cheung was to catch a ten, and while he didn't do it on the turn, he did when the spiked on the river.

The table and railbirds reacted sharply as Bhatia hit one of his two outs while Cheung was left shaking his head. Despite the beat, Cheung shook hands with his opponents before making his way to the payout desk to collect $17,351.