Chean Doubles to Stay Alive

Erick Torres

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Sok Chean shipped it for his final 45,000 from the hijack. Cirilo Esnardo made the call out of the big blind to put Chean at risk.

Sok Chean: A♠6♣ All in
Cirilo Esnardo: Q♦J♦

The flop vaulted Esnardo into the lead when it came Q♠4♣3♥ to give Esnardo a pair of queens.

The 2♥ turn gave Chean a gutshot straight draw to give him some additional outs with one card to go.

Chean would celebrate when the 5♠ river peeled as he improved to a straight to avoid elimination.