Chiu's Kicker Good Enough For the Win
Level 8
Hold'em:
Holding the button, David Chiu raised to 1,000 before the flop and picked up one caller in the small blind. The flop came down and the small blind checked it, prompting a bet of 500 from the professional. This bet was check-raised to 1,000 by the opponent and Chiu made the call. The turn card fell and the small blind led out for a bet of 1,000 which was called by Chiu.
River:
The small blind checked it for a third time and Chiu checked behind him, tabling the for middle pair. The small blind showed down for the same pair of sevens, but was beaten by Chiu's jack kicker. David Chiu is now up to approximately 15,000 in chips, putting near the top-10 of out leaderboard.