Hands #151-159: Tim Chung and Vincent Meli Play a Big One

Sep 16, 2024

Hand #151 – Francois Tosques opens Spade KDiamond 8 on the button to 200,000. Vincent Meli defends Diamond 7Spade 5 in the big blind.

On the Heart AClub 9Heart 2 flop, Meli checks, Tosques bets 200,000 and wins the pot.

Hand #152 – Timothy Chung opens Heart QClub 10 on the button to 200,000. Tosques defends the big with Diamond 10Diamond 8.

The flop comes Diamond AClub 7Spade 3 and Tosques checks. Chung bets 150,000 and Tosques folds.

Hand #153 –  Meli opens Club QClub 10 on the button to 200,000 and gets a pair of folds.

Hand #154 – Meli gets a walk.

Hand #155 – Chung makes it 200,000 with Diamond QSpade 8 on the button and gets it through.

Hand #156 – Meli opens Diamond ADiamond 10 on the button to 200,000 and gets two folds.

Hand #157 – Chung has Diamond 10Spade 8 in the small blind and limps. Meli has Spade JSpade 10 and raises to 250,000 in the big blind. Chung calls.

The flop is Club 10Heart 8Diamond 3, giving Chung top two, while Meli has top pair. Chung checks, Meli bets 200,000 and Chung check-raises to 550,000. Meli calls to see the Diamond 5 turn.

Chung bets 1,100,000 and Meli calls as the pot grows sizeably.

The river is the Club 7. Chung moves all in and after some thought Meli finds the fold to preserve his final 3,000,000 chips.

Tim Chung – 6,250,000 (62 bb)
Vincent Meli – 3,000,000 (30 bb)

Hand #158 – Vincent Meli moves all in from the small blind with the covering stack with Club AClub 8, and Francois Tosques folds Diamond 8Diamond 7 in the big blind.

Hand #159 – Tim Chung gets a walk in the big blind.

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