Stanley Choi wins Macau High Stakes Challenge

PRIZE - - US$6,465,746

. . . . Shortly into the final table with the blinds at 40,000/80,000/10,000, Ivey was all-in preflop with the against the for Zheng. The flop, turn and river ran out and Zheng's nine kicker played for the best hand to eliminate Ivey in eighth place.

Next to go was young, high-rolling superstar Trickett after the blinds had increased to 60,000/120,000/20,000 and he just couldn't beat pocket fives – twice. First, Trickett lost with the to Nicholas Wong's after the money went in preflop. He was then eliminated after moving all in with and being called by Choi's pocket fives. A flopped full house gave Choi a monster as it came down , but just for good measure the turn improved his hand to to quads, and Trickett was gone.

Falling in sixth place was Chen. His couldn't stand strong against the for Fai as the board ran out . Then in fifth place was Juanda. He was crippled when his fell to Wong's pocket nines before going all in on the next hand with the and doubling up against Zheng's . The comeback would end there, though, as Juanda then put his money in with , but Zheng made the call holding pocket nines and held.

Hitting the rail in fourth place was Zheng, who began the final table with a very big chip lead. He went out after moving all in preflop for his final 1.2 million with the and failing to defeat the for Choi. The board ran out and Zheng was drawing dead on the turn.
With 9.4 million chips in play altogether, Choi held just about half of those heading into three-handed play following his elimination of Zheng. Then, with the blinds up to 100,000/200,000/20,000, Choi busted Wong in third place to take a near three-to-one chip lead into heads-up play.

Choi raised on the button and Wong called from the big blind to see the flop come down . Upon seeing the flop, Wong moved all in but was met by a quick call from Choi, who held the for a pair of aces. Wong was all in and at risk with the for a pair of tens. The turn brought the , leaving Wong drawing dead as the river completed the board with another deuce to give Choi a full house.

On the first hand following a brief pause to set up heads-up action, Choi and Fai found all the money in the middle. Fai min-raised on the button to 400,000 and Choi reraised all in from the big blind. Fai made the quick call to put himself at risk holding the . Generally, a pocket pair heads up is a good thing, but this time Fai was crushed as Choi turned over the .

The dealer ran out the flop and Choi's tens held so far. The turn brought the to pair the board and left Fai needing to find one of the two remaining sixes on the river to stay alive. One final burn card was placed down and then the was slapped on fifth street. Choi's pocket tens had successfully held up, giving him the title.

Source: http://www.pokernews.com/news/2012/08/stanley-choi-wins-macau-high-stakes-challenge-13330.htm
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