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Originally Posted by Dcpepper12
Cheong is a monster. I hate playing against guys like him. He was by far the best player at the table.
Give it a rest already, and give us a break. The "best player by far" at the table won the event. I find it laughable all the plaudits for Joseph Cheong just because he's a fearless shover. There's a little more to the game than pre-flop 13-betting, and while that type player usually terrorizes the game for awhile, it's almost always a matter of time before they self-destruct, as Cheong did.
Duhamel outplayed Cheong, period, and is the winner precisely for that reason. His refusal to give up his A-K while Cheong was blowing off a third of his stack with J-5 previous to the REAL blowup, was great poker, and inducing Cheong to blow off all his chips with the A-7 was even better. If you like seeing the best player win, congratulations; you just did.