Hands #51- #55: Cruz Nibbles Into Yong's Lead
Nov 6, 2016
Hand #51: Luis Cruz raised to 250,000 with 
and Yong called with 
. The flop of 
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 
and saw Cruz raise to 250,000 with
. Yong called. Both men checked and the turn came 
to prompt the same. On the river 
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 
and Yong limped with The flop of 
saw Yong bet, however, and to 350,000. Cruz called. The turn of 
saw a third spade, and checked to again, Yong did the same. The river of 
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 and Yong called with 
. The flop of 
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!
@WPT