With the board already showing K♥ K♦ 4♥ 10♥ a player from UTG was staring down Michael Cua– the APT Philippines 2010 champion and fired a bet of 1,500. Cua cooly made the call.
The river J♣ arrived and the UTG player checked his option. Cua considered his action and spent some time in the tank before putting in a bet of 1,500.
The Chinese opponent made the call and was shown Cua’s K♣ Q♠. The opponent mucked his hand and said, I hade Aces.” Truth or not, what is known is that Cua won this pot and jumps up to roughly 24,500.