Hands #17-21: Valeriy Pak's Aggression Wins Him a Big Pot

Jul 21, 2023

Valeriy PakPictured: Valeriy Pak

Hand #17 – Chao Ting Cheng min-raises in the hijack with Club QHeart 10 and gets a round of folds.

Hand #18 – Action folds to Li Jiang Lu in the small blind who calls with Diamond JHeart 10. Chun Hao Zhang raises to 450,000 with Heart KSpade 7 in the big blind and Liu calls.

On the Spade ASpade 10Spade 3 flop, Liu checks, Zhang bets 625,000 and Zhang folds.

Hand #19 – Chun Hao Zhang limps the small blind with Diamond 8Diamond 6 and Yin Tao checks his big blind with Spade KHeart 10.

On the Club 2Diamond 10Club J flop, Zhang check calls a bet to see the Club 10 turn, which he leads for 425,000 and gets called.

On the Heart Q river, Zhang checks and faces a bet of 850,000 which he has to fold to.

Hand # 20 – Li Jiang Liu raises in the cutoff to 350,000 with Club JSpade J and gets a big blind defend from Chao Ting Cheng in the big blind with Heart KHeart 5.

The flop is Heart JHeart 8Spade 4 and Cheng checks. Liu bets 275,000 and Cheng check-raises to 675,000.

Liu comes back with a raise to 2,875,000. Cheng gets away from his hand and Liu shows him his set of jacks.

Hand #21 – Valeriy Pak raises in early position to 525,000 with Spade AClub K. Chao Ting Cheng has Club JSpade J in the small blind and calls.

The flop comes Heart 9Club 8Club 3 and after a check, Pak bets 675,000. Cheng calls and the Club 4 falls on the turn.

Cheng bets 975,000 and Pak moves all in for 2,650,000 with his overs and a king-high flush draw. Cheng takes about three minutes and gets the clock called on him.

Time runs out and his hand is killed, sending the pot to Pak.

Valeriy Pak – 6,400,000 (42 bb)
Chao Ting Cheng – 4,600,000 (30 bb)

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