Chen Flops a Set to Scoop a Huge Pot
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Rainer Kempe raised it up from under the gun and was called by James Chen in the small blind and Paul Phua in the big blind. The flop came and a little limit poker broke out. Phua was the first to bet 100,000 and Kempe raised to 200,000. Chen flat-called and Phua shoved all in for 300,000. Kempe re-raised to 650,000 and Chen still called.
The turn was the and Chen checked again. Kempe thought for a minute before shoving all in which was met by a snap-call from Chen. Chen was the player at risk between the two players for 732,000 on the side pot.
James Chen:
Rainer Kempe:
Paul Phua:
Chen flopped a set of fours and was in a commanding lead against his two opponents. The completed the board which eliminated Phua and Chen more than doubled up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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3,160,000
1,350,000
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1,350,000 |
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277,000
-1,473,000
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-1,473,000 |
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Busted | |
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