Wu Is Missing
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The seat that formerly belonged to Benjamin Wu is empty and Dario Sammartino confirmed what had happened. According to Sammartino, the Italian raised from under the gun and four-bet to 15,000 with Wu coming along. Both then headed to a flop of 
with two clubs and Sammartino continued for 15,000, Wu called.
On the 
turn, a possible flush draw completed and Sammartino checked. Wu moved all in for around 40,000 with pocket nines and Sammartino called with pocket queens. A blank on the river reduced the field to the last 25 and Sammartino moved into second place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000 | 66,000 |
|
Busted |
, Yong checked and called a bet worth 3,000 by Buddiga before doing so again on the 
turn for 7,000.
on the river and eventually called Buddiga's bet of 17,000, then mucked when Buddiga flashed 
for trips jacks.
on a flop of 
. Mikita Badziakouski had him dominated with 
and both the 
turn and 
river failed to improve Sass.
and Patgorski already tapped the table in defeat by the turn, grabbed his belongings and left the table with a "good luck guys."
, Lim held up and doubled.
.
flop from 2,000 to 5,500. Yong didn't go anywhere and called before Yu checked again the 
on the turn. Yong now made it 8,500 to go and that was good enough to win the pot without showdown.
against button raiser Timofey Kuznetsov and the Russian looked him up with 
and the pair held up. "But you told me king-seven was the best hand?" Chen joked, referring to the previous run-good of Kuznetsov. The online wizard appears to be unstoppable at the top of the counts right now and leads with a decent margin over the rest of the field.
and the kicker played on a board of 
