Van Wins Massive Pot for the Lead
Level 6
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
A disgusted Kunal Patni saw how a large pot was shipped over to Dinh Tien Van while Ly Huong Le was sitting on her phone and texting while all her chips were gone. Only the cards were still exposed as the board was already mucked.
Patni's 
had been an overpair to a ten-high board on which he raised a 
turn to 12,000 and was cold-called by Van. Le had then jammed with the 
and that dragged Patni further into the pot only to see Van get it in with 
for trips treys.
The river was a blank and Van soared to five times the average.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
163,000
|
163,000 |
|
||
|
28,000
-54,000
|
-54,000 |
|
Busted | |
river. Pham bet 16,100 with a few chips behind and was snap-called to reveal the 
flop from 1,000 to 4,500. Wong folded and flashed the 
to which Rothmund replied "same hand" with a grin on the face.
flop was bet by Rothmund for 4,000 and Falcon called. Both checked the 
river for 22,000. "Too much ... the problem is, I just got my Caesars Salad and don't want to leave this table," Falcon sighed.
, Jack Wu led for 1,200 in the big blind. James Mendoza raised to 4,200 from an early position and was called by Xuan Van Nguyen as well as Wu. The 
fell on the turn and it now checked to Mendoza, who bet 15,000.
. He was up against 
and retained a very narrow lead on the 
and the action checked to Viet Hoang Dang. He bet 10,000 into a pot of around 12,000 and Jason Lau quickly called by tossing in two yellow T-5,000 chips. Dang rolled over the 
for the nut flush and that won the pot.
