Swords Cuts Down Kim's Stack
Chester Swords opened the action with a raise to 3,400 from middle position with Edward Kim the only caller to take the action heads-up to a flop of 
.
Swords fired out a 3,500 continuation bet and Kim made the call to keep the pair in action to the 
turn, which saw another barrel fired from Swords, this time for 12,000, with Kim making the call once more.
The 
river completed a possible backdoor club flush and Swords reached for chips once more, only this time his bet was a big one, leading out for 32,000.
Kim tanked for a good couple of minutes before electing to make the call, but could only pitch his cards into the muck when Swords rolled over 
.
"I think I made a mistake there," said Kim to Swords as the pot was shipped the latter's way, but Kim still has a very playable 77,000, which is close to the average at present. Swords stacked up to 150,000 after the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000 | |
|
77,000
-33,000
|
-33,000 |