Everybody Cuong Phung Tonight
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The sight of a bright red all-in button sitting in front of a player's stack is standard in tournament poker... just not on the second deal of the day.
For Atlantic City native and local grinder Cuong Phung, that sight was a sweet one, as he just flopped a set of sixes to double up on just the second hand he saw.
The flop read 
when we caught the action, and from an examination of the scene it turned out Phung had checked the flop, along with another player, before James Woods bet 2,200 to test the waters. Phung sprung into action with a raise to 5,500 or so, which is when the aforementioned bright red button made its appearance.
The third player in the hand moved all in for 16,825 more, forcing a brief tank-fold from Woods before Phung snapped the bet off with 
. His opponent was disgusted to see the bad news, and he revealed his 
with the despondent motion of a man who knew only one card in the deck could save him.
When the turn (
) and river (
) failed to deliver the case five, Phung notched the early double to claim the chip lead, while his forlorn opponent immediately began searching his pockets for the $560 needed to re-enter.
Phung is no stranger to success here at the Borgata, earning nearly $700,000 in his career playing predominately in this venue, and scoring a 7th place finish to bubble the televised final table of the WPT Main Event Championship at the 2013 Borgata Winter Poker Open.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
54,000
54,000
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54,000 |