Phua Pulls Ahead of Yu At Start of Heads-Up
Level 18
: Blinds 0/0, 60,000 ante
In the first hand of heads-up play, Paul Phua limped the 8♦6♦. Winfred Yu checked with the K♥J♦ and the A♥Q♦6♣ flop gave Phua bottom pair, which he bet for 120,000. Yu called with his gutshot and that led them to the 9♦ turn. Phua checked with the additional flush draw and Yu checked it back once more
The flush arrived with the 10♦ river and after which Phua bet 700,000 and Yu called to lose a decent portion of his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,200,000 | 100,000 |
|
3,200,000 |