James Chen Hits the Rail

James Chen found himself on the short stack after losing several pots. He got it in twice getting at least half each time before this hand.

Ben Landowski opened from early position with a raise and action folded around to Chen who called, leaving himself with just a few thousand behind.

The flop was and Chen checked. Landowski bet and Chen actually thought for nearly 30 seconds before putting in the rest of his stack.

Ben Landowski:
James Chen:

The turn was the which actually gave Chen outs to a straight but the river was the and that sent him to the rail while Landowski took down the pot.

2018 World Series of Poker