Joseph Cheong Eliminated in 13th Place (€11,926)

Joseph Cheong’s chances of progressing to the final table were dented by Scott Baumstein and now Tony Blanchandin has well and truly ended them.

A preflop raising war sees Tony Blanchandin open to 23,000, Cheong three-bet to 53,000 and then calls a shove from Blanchandin. Cheong turned over [Ax][Kx] and was up against pocket tens, which improved to a set on the flop to send the American home for an early bath.