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Joseph Cheong has the button.
He opens for his standard raise to 2.5 million. Jonathan Duhamel folds the small blind. Big blind John Racener, the short stack at the table, calls. He checks a flop of 
to the aggressive Cheong, whose bet of 1.2 million ends the hand.
John Racener has the button.
Jonathan Duhamel gets a walk in the big blind.
Jonathan Duhamel has the button.
He folds, and John Racener limps in from the small blind. Big blind Joseph Cheong raises to 3.2 million, Racener folds without a hitch, and Cheong steals the pot.
Joseph Cheong has the button.
He opens for 2.5 million. Chip leader Jonathan Duhamel three-bets the small blind to 6,850,000. After John Racener folds the big blind, Cheong puts in a re-raise of his own, to 16,250,000 total. Duhamel postures for about 20 seconds before folding.
John Racener has the button.
Jonathan Duhamel gets a walk in the big blind.
Jonathan Duhamel has the button.
He raises to what looked like 2.5 million, and Joseph Cheong calls out of the big blind.
Heads up, they take a flop of 
, and Duhamel continues out with 2.75 million chips. Cheong promptly announces a check-raise to 6.75 million, and nobody is more interested in the proceedings than John Racener. Duhamel makes the call.
Turn: 
. Cheong keeps the betting lead with a small wager of 5.5 million, and Duhamel wastes no time calling. Racener is really into this pot now.
River: 
. Cheong is not slowing down now, and he fires 13.5 million more chips at the pot. Duhamel finally takes some time to think it over, shooting occasional glances at his neighbor. Finally, he calls.
Cheong waits to see Duhamel's 
before spinning his cards into the muck. With that big swing, Duhamel has taken a commanding chip lead in this battle. He's up over 110 million now, while Cheong drops under 80 million.
Jospeh Cheong has the button.
John Racener gets a walk.
John Racener has the button.
Joseph Cheong completes from the small blind after Racener folds and Jonathan Duhamel checks in the big blind. The flop comes down 
and Cheong fires 1.3 million. Duhamel raises to 3.75 million and Cheong folds.
Jonathan Duhamel has the button in Seat 2.
He raises to 2.5 million, but John Racener is having none of that. From the small blind, he makes it 6.85 million total, and he's quickly rewarded with the pot to chip him back up over 30 million.
Joseph Cheong has the button.
He makes it 2.5 million to go and takes down the blinds and antes.
