Choi Makes a Misstep
We picked up the action on the turn as the board showed . Edwin Choi checked, and Kurt Jewell bet 240,000 into a pot of just over 300,000. Choi then snuck in a check-raise to 550,000 total, and Jewell made the call to see the last card.
It was the , and Choi put out a bet of 700,000. Jewell thought it over carefully before calling with , queens up. It was good; Choi was forced to show his before mucking them, and he's taken a big hit to knock him down to just 800,000. Jewell, on the other hand, is doing just fine. He's up to 5 million now and has nearly 1/3rd of the total chips in play.