Championship: Hoan Nguyen Triples While Joseph Cheong Wins Big Side Pot

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 108 of 914

Tanner Millen raised to 20,000 from the hijack and Joseph Cheong flatted the button. Hoan Nguyen then moved all in for 198,000 from the small blind and Millen called.

Cheong proceeded to jam for 770,000 and Millen called that too to create a seven-figure pot.

Cheong: QcQd
Millen: JcJs
Nguyen: AcKc

All three players held quality hands but it was Nguyen who hit the 5hAdKd flop to take the lead with two pair. Still, there was a sizeable side pot at stake and Cheong was still out in front in that confrontation.

The 10h turn left Millen looking for a queen on the river to score the double elimination, but it was not meant to be as the 8h bricked.

Nguyen tripled up while Cheong claimed the side pot.

Joseph Cheong – 1,150,000 (144 bb)
Hoan Nguyen – 600,000 (75 bb)
Tanner Millen – 50,000 (6 bb)