Hands #51- #55: Cruz Nibbles Into Yong's Lead

Nov 6, 2016

Luis CruzHand #51: Luis Cruz raised to 250,000 with Spade KClub 10 and Yong called with Diamond 7Club 4. The flop of Diamond KHeart 3Heart J saw Cruz bet to take it down.

Hand #52: Yong raised on the button with 6-high and Cruz folded 5-high.

Hand #53: Chris Yong had Diamond QClub Q and saw Cruz raise to 250,000 withSpade KClub 6. Yong called. Both men checked and the turn came Heart 4 to prompt the same. On the river Diamond 5 Yong’s bet of 350,000 was called by Cruz and Yong showed his ladies to rake in a pot.

Hand #54: Cruz called with Diamond 9Diamond 5 and Yong limped with Diamond 7Heart 3 The flop of Diamond JSpade 5Spade 8 saw Yong bet, however, and to 350,000. Cruz called. The turn of Spade 2 saw a third spade, and checked to again, Yong did the same. The river of Heart 5 gave Luis trips, and he bet it to two million chips into a pot of 1.2m. It was enough!

Hand #55: Cruz raised to 350,000 with Heart 5Heart 4 and Yong called with Spade 10Club 6. The flop of Club 2Heart 10Diamond 2 saw a bet from Yong take it away. He’s got 96 big blinds, with Cruz at 56 big blinds. This could be some battle!

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