Hands #114-118: Several Pots Get Past the Flop

Sep 16, 2024

Hand #114 – Vincent Meli opens Diamond KClub 9 to 125,000 in the cutoff and Tim Chung has Club ASpade J in the big blind for a call.

On the Heart JDiamond 6Heart 6 flop they check to the Diamond Q turn. Chung checks and Meli checks.

The river is the Spade 6 and Chung bets 235,000. Meli thinks briefly and then calls with his king-high to send some chips back to Chung.

Hand #115 – Chung has Heart QHeart 2 in the small blind and calls. Meli checks Heart ASpade 7.

The flop is Diamond ASpade 10Heart 4 and Chung checks. Meli checks his pair of aces.

On the Club K turn, Chung checks again. Meli checks again to the Diamond Q river.

With his rivered pair of queens, Chung bets 60,000. Meli calls to win the pot.

Hand #116 – In the small blind, Vincent Meli has Club KClub 8 and limps. Arron Pointon has Club 10Diamond 7 in the big blind and checks to the Spade ASpade 10Spade 3 flop.

They check to the Spade Q turn and Meli checks, as does Pointon.

The river is the Diamond 6 and Meli bets 75,000. Pointon folds his pair of tens.

Hand #117 – Chung opens Spade KSpade 2 in the cutoff to 125,000. Meli has Spade AHeart 6 on the button and three-bets to 350,000. Tosques moves in from the big blind with Club ADiamond Q for about two million and the other players fold.

Hand #118 – Tosques has Club ADiamond 10 in the small blind and limps. Chung raises Spade 9Diamond 4 in the big blind to 200,000 and Tosques calls.

The flop comes Diamond QHeart 8Spade 2 and Tosques checks. Chung checks back to the Diamond K turn.

Tosques checks again and Chung bets 175,000. Tosques calls to get to the river.

It comes Spade 4 and the players check with Chung earning the pot with his rivered pair of fours.

Tim Chung – 3,665,000 (61 bb)
Francois Tosques – 2,075,000 (34 bb)

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