Paulius Plausinaitis came out storming in three-handed play and took a ton of chips from Joseph Cheong. Most of the hands ended without showdown but one of them saw Cheong lead the 
turn for 3 million and earned a call. Cheong bet the 
river for 3 million and Plausinaitis called with 
to beat the 
of Cheong.
One further hand went to the river, all other hands ended on the flop or preflop, mostly in favor of Plausinaitis.
Joseph Cheong opened to 7 million on the button and called the shove of "likeboy" out of the big blind for 24,881,489 in total.
"likeboy": 
Joseph Cheong: 
Cheong found a magic flop of 
and the 
turn as well as the 
river were a formality. "likeboy" departed in 4th place and takes home $519,134.
Nível: 32
Blinds: 1,500,000/3,000,000
Ante: 350,000
Joni Jouhkimainen open-shoved for the last 14,707,028 and was called by Joseph Cheong on the button.
Joni Jouhkimainen: 
Joseph Cheong: 
The hand of the Finn was dominated and he only spiked a gutshot until the 
turn. However, the river was a blank and Jouhkimainen had to settle for 5th place and a payday of $389,295.
Joseph Cheong raise-folded to a three-bet by chip leader Paulius Plausinaitis and then engaged in a limped pot with "turkey1". The 
flop was checked and "turkey1" led the 
turn for 2.5 million, Cheong raised to 7.5 million and earned a call.
On the 
river, "turkey1" check-called for 18.06 million and their 
was no good as Cheong had the superior .
Paulius Plausinaitis pulled further ahead at the top of the leaderboard while small pots only took place for two orbits. Joseph Cheong then limped the small blind and Plausinaitis checked. On the 
flop, Cheong check-called a min-bet and that was all the betting action anymore.
They checked the turn and 
river, and Cheong won he pot with 
versus 
.
Paulius Plausinaitis won two pots followed by one pot being shipped to Joseph Cheong. It was then Cheong who opened to 5 million and picked up calls by Plausinaitis and "turkey1" in the big blind. The trio checked the 
flop and "turkey1" check-folded the turn, as Cheong bet 14,910,000 and Plausinaitis called.
On the river, Cheong checked and Plausinaitis bet 27,833,600 to win the pot without showdown.
Joseph Cheong limp-called a raise to 7 million by Paulius Plausinaitis in a battle of the blinds to then bet the 
river succesfully. Plausinaitis open-jammed the next small blind and "likeboy" quickly ducked out of the way in the big blind.
Cheong min-raised to 5 million in the first hand of the new level and Joni Jouhkimainen made the call. The 
flop was check-called by Jouhkimainen for 3,952,500 and the 
turn was checked by both. On the river, Jouhkimainen checked once more and Cheong bet 11,175,100 into 20,655,000.
Jouhkimainen gave it some consideration and eventually folded.
Nível: 31
Blinds: 1,250,000/2,500,000
Ante: 300,000
Joseph Cheong made it 4.4 million to go in the cutoff and Paulius Plausinaitis three-bet to 11.6 million on the button, which Cheong called. The flop brought and Cheong check-called for 6,862,500. Once the fell on the turn, Cheong checked once more and Plausinaitis bet 10,293,750 in order to shut down the resistance of his opponent.
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