A New Chip Daddy Emerges
Seoyong Chin opened the pot with a raise on the button, and he called a three-bet from big blind Jesse Haabak to put about 8,000 chips in the pot. Off the two men went to a flop of . Haabak continued out with a bet of 4,000 before Chin bumped it up to 11,000 straight. Both men were playing with stacks of about 40,000 chips, and it wasn't long before Haabak moved all in for that full amount. Chin snap-called to put the largest pot thus far up for grabs. He turned up , and Haabak sheepishly showed his semi-bluffy .
Not to worry, Mr. Haabak. As if on cue, the binked fourth street, and both men reacted as if they'd been hit by a blowdart. The hand was already over before the hit the river, and Haabak could only shake his head and grimace at what he seemed to know was an ugly beat. Chin gave one last long look at the table before he headed for the rail, and Haabak began the task of stacking up his ~88,000 chips, putting him at the top of the class for now.