Smith Wins a Small One off Cheong

Ever the active player, Joseph Cheong has lost a fair chunk of his stack early here on Day 2 of the GDAM Main Event. Some of those chips went straight to Dan Smith during a recent hand which played out as follows.

Cheong was in early position when he opened it up to 125,000. Folded around to David Steicke on the button and he put out 150,000. Steicke didn't realise Cheong had opened and was trying do so himself. The dealer corrected the mistake and Steicke was forced to call. Smith also called out of the big blind and the dealer flipped over a flop. Smith checked here and Cheong bet 180,000. Stecike quickly folded, while Smith made the call.

The turn would see checks from both Cheong and Smith, which would again be the case on the river. At showdown, Smith tabled and that was enough to see Cheong's cards hit the muck.