Yoon Comes Back Down to Earth

Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
After a crazy upswing, which saw Brian Yoon shoot from 300,000 to over 1 million, he ended up losing a hand against Josh Beckley for about 200,000.
Yoon raised preflop to 45,000 and Beckley reraised to 165,000. Yoon called and it was heads up to the flop of .
Both players checked the flop and the turn was the . Beckley checked again and Yoon bet 180,000. Beckley called.
The river was the and Beckley slid out of a bet of 500,000. Yoon folded.
Chance Kornuth, who was sitting next to him, encouraged him to show and Beckley let him pick one. The card Kornuth exposed was the .
"I don't know what that means," Kornuth said.
"Probably better than what I had," said Yoon.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,000,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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1,000,000
-200,000
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-200,000 |
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