Yoon Cheon Notches Double Knockout to Take Huge Chip Lead

Mar 26, 2018

Scott Blumenfeld
Yoon Cheon is near possession of half of the chips in play after scoring a double knockout with Scott Blumenfeld (pictured above) and Arkadiy Tsinis exiting.

Blumenfeld pushed for 640,000 under the gun and Tsinis reshoved for 875,000 in the cutoff. Cheon looked down at his cards in the small blind and moved all-in as well.

The big blind folded and Cheon turned over Club ASpade A. The Diamond ADiamond Q of Blumenfeld was in deep trouble as was the Heart ADiamond K of Tsinis.

The Diamond 9Club 8Club 5Diamond 6Club 4 board clinched the dual elimination for Cheon. He is up to 4,000,000.

Tsinis (pictured below) officially takes $19,960 for sixth place and Blumenfeld earns $16,717 for seventh.

Arkadiy Tsinis

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