Chen Prevails Against Wheel Draw

James Chen was in the big blind and he squeeze-shoved versus a raise and a call from Michael Sortino. The opener had already folded by the time the action was picked up, but Sortino asked for the dealer to put the initial raise into the pot. Chen had 30,500 more and Sortino called.

Chen patted and Sortino changed one, opening . While he drew a low card, it was a and Chen immediately declared that Sortino had made a straight. The double allowed Chen to climb over 80,000 while Sortino now plays roughly half of that.