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Quinn Do
In a battle of the blinds, Quinn Do raised to 25,000 from the small blind. Action moved to Charles Chua, who quickly made it 70,000 to go. Quinn made the call.
The flop was all small spades, coming . Quinn moved all in and was called by Chua.
Do:
Chua:
The turn was the , leaving Do drawing dead. The river made a flush for both players, but Chua's was higher. He doubles up again, to a total of 364,000.
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Last year's APPT High Roller champion, Eric Assadourian has joined the audience to rail some of the action.
"Come on Chucky!!" he yelled as Chua fired out a standard bet. When he received a few stares from other onlookers he turned around innocently and said "Well it's so quiet in here! It's only me and Danny talking! I can't be quiet for that long!"
Assadourian is right -- this final table has developed into a serious slug-fest at the moment. Hopefully something will lighten up the crowd again shortly.
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Nam Le
Nam Le limped in from the button, Quinn Do folded his small blind and Charles Chua checked his option in the big blind.
The flop landed and Chua led out with a bet of 10,000. Le made the call. The hit the turn and Chua fired out another bet of 15,000. Le called once more.
The was the river and Chua fired a healthy third barrel worth 50,000. After a few minutes of thought Le announced a raise to 125,000. Chua called and Le flipped for a rivered two pair to better the of Chua.
Le is now out in front with 530,000 and Chua finds himself once again on the short stack.
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Charles Chua
Andrew Scott was the first person in the pot, raising to 22,000 from under the gun. He was called by Quinn Do from the small blind before Charles Chua put on the squeeze by raising all in from the big blind for a total of 148,000. After a minute in the tank, Quinn called.
Chua:
Do:
"Charles in a bit of a bother here," said Tournament Director Danny McDonagh. It was an understatement, but really Chua's hand was no worse than if he had moved in with .
The flop was , no help to Chua, but he hit his gin card on the turn with the . Only an eight could eliminate Chua on the river, and it didn't happen. The river was the , and Chua's magical run of the last week and a half continues. Ten four, good buddy.
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Nam Le raised to 21,000 from under the gun and Quinn Do made the call on the button. They saw a flop, where Le fired out a bet of 29,000. Do laid down his hand and Le scoops the pot.
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Nam Le opened the pot with a raise to 22,000 from the button. Quinn Do, next to act, made it 64,000, folding Charles Chua. Le went into the tank for over two minutes before finally releasing his hand.
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In a battle of the blinds, Charles Chua made it 22,000 to go. Andrew Scott, winner of the previous two pots, called with his new-found chips. When the flop came , Scott fired out 50,000. Chua quickly open-mucked .