Truong Waits Until the River
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Patrick Truong and Timur Margolin were heads-up in a battle of the big stacks in a three-bet pot. With around 225,000 in the middle, the dealer fanned the flop of 
. Both players checked and the 
landed on the turn.
Margolin checked from the big blind again and Truong decided to see the river from middle position. The river was the 
and Margolin checked for the third time. Truong finally tossed in a bet of 180,000 and Margolin looked him up. Truong tabled 
and that was good enough to force Margolin to muck his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,705,000
1,101,000
|
1,101,000 |
|
1,290,000
-43,000
|
-43,000 |
|
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