Hand #47: Chris Leong Doubles Thru Jeffrey Yanchek

Feb 4, 2016

Hand #47  –  Jeffrey Yanchek raises under the gun to 230,000, and Chris Leong calls from the big blind. The flop comes Club 8Club 7Diamond 6, Leong checks, Yanchek bets 230,000, and Leong calls.

The turn card is the Diamond 2, Leong checks, Yanchek bets 830,000, and Leong check-raises all in for 2,010,000.

Yanchek calls with Heart 6Heart 5 (pair of sixes, open-ended straight draw), and Leong turns over Club KClub 9 for a club flush draw with a different open-ended straight draw. Leong needs to improve to stay alive.

The river is the Diamond 5, giving Leong a nine-high straight to double up.

Chris Leong  –  5,070,000  (51 bb)
Jeffrey Yanchek  –  1,300,000  (13 bb)

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