Babel Bounced
Nicolas Babel opened with a raise from under the gun, and it folded around to Joseph Cheong who reraised to 420,000 from the button. The blinds got out, and Babel called.
The flop came . Babel checked, Cheong bet 680,000, Babel check-raised all in for 3.19 million total, and Cheong called.
Babel showed , but was needing help to survive against Cheong's . The turn was the and the river the , and Babel is out in 38th place ($206,395).
Cheong is now up to 18.7 million.