Hands #47-51: Chao Ting Cheng and Yin Tao Clash for Chip Lead
Jul 22, 2023
Hand #47 – Chao Ting Cheng raises 
on the button to 525,000 and gets a call from Valeriy Pak in the big blind with 
.
They check the 
flop, and on the 
turn Cheng bets 425,000. Pak folds to send the pot across the table.
Hand #48 – Shu Jiang Guo has 
on the button and raises to 525,000. Valeriy Pak holds 
in the small blind and takes a couple of minutes before moving in his 3,800,000 stack.
Pak lowers his head on the table and hides while Guo takes a minute before folding.
Hand #49 – Yin Tao limps his small blind with 
and Chao Ting Cheng raises the big blind to 850,000 with 
, getting a fold from Tao.
Hand #50 – Yin Tao raises his 
to 500,000 on the button. Chao Ting Cheng is in the small blind with 
and makes it 1,400,000.
Tao makes the call to see a flop of 
. Cheng leads for 650,000 and Tao makes the call.
On the 
turn, bringing a four-flush to each player, Cheng bets 2,500,000. Tao thinks for a couple of minutes before folding his hand.
Blinds move up to 150,000 / 300,000 / 300,000 following the hand.
Hand #51 – Yin Tao raises to 600,000 with 
and Valeriy Pak calls in the big blind with 
.
On the 
flop they check to the turn and then check again to the river. They check again and Tao’s threes take the pot
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