Dwan Over Two Million After Massive Pot With Chan
Level 11
: 0/0, 15,000 ante
Can Wai Leong opened to 125,000 under the gun and action folded around to the button where Tom Dwan called.
The flop was 
and Dwan checked. Chan put out a bet of 180,000 and Dwan tanked for a bit before moving all in for 1,080,000. Chan tanked a bit himself then called, putting Dwan at risk with the shorter stack.
Chan Wai Leong: 
Tom Dwan: 
Dwan had a double gutshot while Chan was holding top pair but the turn was the 
completing Dwan's straight and earning him the double up immediately. The river was the 
.
Dwan took down the pot with his straight and moved over two million while Chan was left with just 50,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,400,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
|
50,000
-1,280,000
|
-1,280,000 |
and Patgorski turned a straight to eliminate Chan from the tournament.
turn left him drawing dead as Patgorski was guaranteed to win. Dwan could still chop if a queen hit the river but the 
. Ivan Leow and Devan Tang checked to Jason Koon who fired 75,000 in position. Koon flooped trips with 
and he liked to see Leow fire a check-raise to 225,000. Tang had an easy fold to make but Koon wasn't going anywhere. He stacked a three-bet to 450,000, finally convincing Leow to waive the white flag.
flop and Dwan agreed to see the 
. Only Gabe Patgorski called with 
river completed a sick runout and Patgorski checked to Dwan who went for a bluff. He bet 320,000 and Patgorski spent about a minute before laying his hand down.
landed on the table and Dwan check-called 275,000.