Wang Wins Big on the Flop
Level 5
: Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
A big pot was brewing between Pawel Madynski in the small blind and Chan Wang in the under the gun position.
The players had created a pot of roughly 18,000 with their action preflop, before the flop fell 
. Madynski then put out a small of bet 2,200, to which Wang reacted with an all-in for 25,000 chips. After some quick thinking time, Madynski folded his hand, granting Wang the pot.
Even after losing, Madynski is still one of the biggest stacks in the room, already playing four starting stacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000 | |
|
45,200
32,700
|
32,700 |
. That was enough to cover cutoff Janis Valters' stack of 21,700.
Mircea Rus had checked from the small blind and Hugo Dempsey shoved all in for 11,700 chips, almost double the 6,000 that were in the middle. 
for king-high. Rus was crushing that with 
, and Lagan continuation-bet for 1,500 after a check from Kissous. Sheils wanted to see a turn and called, as did Kissous. 
turn fell and this prompted Kissous to lead out for 4,000 chips. Lagan matched the bet and Sheils let his hand go.
river Kissous put the remainder of his chips in, covering Lagan's 17,800 stack. Lagan thought for a while but ended up passing his cards to the dealer. Kissous laughed nervously while he raked in the chips and showed 
and Chan Wang put out a bet of 2,700. Aubrey Murnaghan on the button upped the amount to 6,000 and Wang swiftly called.
and Wang promptly put all his chips in the middle, covering Murnaghan's remaining stack of 7,600. Murnaghan mulled it over for several minutes, before eventually putting in the call. 
as the hand concerned an all-in situation. Murnaghan turned over 
for a bare top pair, which was enough to take down the pot and double him back up to starting stack.
turn and 
river, and Ward was eliminated from the tournament. Harris in his turn took Ward's chips to climb back up to starting stack
