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  The blinds had just gone up to $800 and $1,600 during Cowboy Week on season three of Poker After Dark, and only four players remained. Hoyt Corkins and Doyle Brunson, the only true cowboys at the table, where gone, leaving Andy Bloch, Chau Giang, Gabe Kaplan, and Chris Ferguson to play for the $120k prize.



  In this hand Chau, the short stack with less than seven big blinds remaining, figured he had to make a move. Chris led out with:






... effectively pushing Chau all in. When Giang looked at his hand and saw an ace, he knew what he had to do. He pushed all in, around $12,000, holding:






... and hoped that Chris was just being a bully. Chris, ever the gentleman at the table, told him that he made a very good call and rolled over his hand. Chau was indeed ahead. The flop would tell the tale if he could keep it up. The flop showed he would not, as the three community cards hit:







... The high stakes cash player was on his way out unless he scored a hit by the river. This was his first appearance on Poker After Dark, and luck was not with him. The turn came:





... and when he bricked the river with:





... this Chinese Cowboy hit the rail and was out of the running for the winner take all prize of $120,000.