07-09-2008 20:39 UTC-8

Battle of the Blinds

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Diren Yildiz raised to 4,000 from the small blind and Steven Chung called from the big blind. The flop came down {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{8-Spades}

{8-Hearts}

and the battle of the blinds had begun.

Yildiz fired a bet of 4,000 and Chung made a raise to 8,000. Yildiz called.

The turn was the {Q-Diamonds}

{Q-Diamonds}

and Yildiz came out with a blistering bet of 25,000. Chung then catapulted an all-in raise to 116,300. Yildiz made the call. Yildiz held {9-Spades}

{9-Spades}

{8-Diamonds}

, but Chung had him hanging with the {Q-Hearts}

{Q-Hearts}

{8-Clubs}

.

The river was placed down on the felt the {2-Diamonds}

{2-Diamonds}

and Chung would be triumphant in this battle. Yildiz plummeted to 50,000 chips and Steven Chung skyrocketed well over 200,000.

Tags: Diren Yildiz Steven Chung