Junjie Wang Cracks Aces
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Junjie Wang was in middle position and the under the gun player shoved for 50,000 in chips. Wang popped it up to 100,000 and everyone else folded.
Wang was in a tough spot with nines versus his opponent aces and the board didn't change anything up until the turn. The river, though, was a nine and Wang has built a pretty big stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
470,000
286,000
|
286,000 |
falling on the flop. Both players checked and the 
fell on the turn. Chuttani bet 28,500 after his opponent's check and he got called.
completed the board and the river and Chuttani bet 70,000 this time, after another check from his opponent. After around six minutes in the tank, Chuttani asked for time and the moment the tournament director arrived on the table, Chuttani's opponent called.
and his opponent took a nice pot with 
.
with top pair on the river, which was good as Liu had 
and Kim had check-raised his opponent's continuation bet to 40,000. The player from the cut-off called and the 
fell on the turn.
didn't change anything and the player from Kazakhstan eliminated in the second level of Day 2.
. The two remaining players in the hand opened their cards:
versus his opponents 
for top pair, while Lei Yu had