Hot Hwang

Yung Hwang started the day with a little under 65,000 chips, and through the first three-and-a-half-hours of play has managed to build his stack up considerably to more than three times that amount.

Just now he took another small pot in a blind-vs.-blind hand that saw he and his opponent check down the board, Hwang's opponent showed , then Hwang turned over to win the small pot.

"Running good," said a player from across the table.

Shortly thereafter, Hwang further proved the player's point after calling a short-stacked player's all-in bet with versus his opponent's . The board rolled out , that river jack making Hwang a straight to score the knockout and claim about a 50,000-chip pot.