Savage Triples Despite Cheong's Best Efforts
We don't know exactly how the action went before the flop, but we know that Matt Savage moved all in for around 6,500 from the cutoff and had two callers. 2010 November Niner Joseph Cheong called from early position and Jeffrey Delcastilho made the call from the hijack. A side pot was created, and Savage was forced to wait while the other two battled it out.
The flop came 
prompting a check from Cheong and a bet of 15,000 from Delcastilho. Cheong moved all in, a bet that would put the shorter stacked Delcastilho all in and was snap called. Cheong was the only one not at risk and told the table he had the nuts. Cards were then flipped over and this is what they looked like.
Cheong: 
Savage: 
Delcastilho: 
Cheong had indeed flopped the nut straight, but both of his opponents had flopped sets. So long as Cheong could avoid the board from pairing he would deliver the double knock-out. Unfortionately for Cheong the dealer landed the 
on the turn, pairing the board and giving the hand to the other two players.
The 
on the river made Cheong's straight stronger but it mattered not as Savage came out the other side with the best of it and would receive a much needed triple up. Delcastilho was able to scoop up the side pot between him and Cheong and finishes the hand with a profit. The only loser in the hand ended up being Cheong, who now hovers around 40,000 in chips.
Now here is some field reporting from the two players in the hand.
subiime Joseph Cheong Lost a giant pot 1st hand after flopping the nut straight. Back to about starting stack. At least @SavagePoker tripled up right away!
July 11 2012
SavagePoker Matt Savage Triple up on 1st hand 10>99>KJ on a 10-9-Q flop, Q on turn. @subiime had the KJ, I now have 22K @SavageChips. #DownButNotOut
July 11 2012
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
37,700
-47,075
|
-47,075 |
|
||
|
21,000
14,025
|
14,025 |
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. Lew's opponent had 
and with the king on the flop Lew secured the lead and never let it go. Lew now sits around 90,000 in chips and continues to build his stack despite a tough table draw. Sitting on Lew's direct right is Johnny Chan. Lew seems pretty excited about this as per his tweet earlier. 
and with that Lew's Main Event and World Series of Poker was over.