2012 World Series of Poker

Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 2c
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k5
Prize
$8,531,853
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$62,021,200
Entries
6,598
Level Info
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
300,000

Cheong Strong

Joseph Cheong Can't Go Wrong
Joseph Cheong Can't Go Wrong

We caught up with the action on a board of {10-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{3-Hearts} board to see Joseph Cheong bet 4,300. His opponent put out a raise that made it 13,100 to go. Cheong called and the two were off to the river.

The {2-Clubs} spike the river and Cheong checked. His opponent bet 29,000 and Cheong went into the tank. Cheong thought for about three minutes before his opponent called the clock and the floor came over. The floorman informed Cheong that he had sixty seconds left to act on his hand and Cheong stills at motionless.

About thirty seconds into the time, Cheong quickly announced that he was all in, which in fact was all in for his opponent who had about 60,000 behind. Cheong's opponent called.

"Nut flush," said Cheong, showing {A-Clubs}{5-Clubs}. His opponent tabled {J-Clubs}{9-Clubs} and made a quick exit out of the Amazon room.

"Sorry," Cheong continued. "I really didn't know if I should shove or just call there."

Regardless of the time it took, Cheong is now sitting in a remarkably high position with 262,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Joseph Cheong
226,000
71,000
71,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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