Hands #161-164: Heads-Up Play Begins, Vincent Meli Takes the Lead

Sep 16, 2024

Hand #161 – Vincent Meli has Diamond 9Club 7 and makes it 200,000. Tim Chung has Spade ASpade Q and three-bets to 800,000. Meli folds.

Hand #162 – Chung has Spade 8Diamond 2 and gives Meli a walk.

Hand #163 – With Diamond JHeart 3, Meli limps. Chung has Club KSpade Q and raises to 600,000. Meli folds.

Hand #164 – Chung has Heart KClub 8 and raises to 200,000. Meli defends Diamond AClub 10 with a call.

On the Heart JDiamond 8Diamond 7 flop, Meli checks, Chung bets 150,000 with middle pair and Meli calls.

The turn is the Club 9 giving Meli a straight. He checks and Chung checks.

The Heart 8 falls on the river giving Chung trip eights. Meli bets 800,000 and Chung calls, losing a sizeable pot.

Vincent Meli – 5,625,000 (56 bb)
Tim Chung – 5,350,000 (53 bb)

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