Secondary Table Hands #66-69: Trips for Phan to Climb Up the Leaderboard
Hand #66: The action folded to Tony Miles, and he raised to 1,150,000 and Nicolas Manion in the big blind folded.
Hand #67: Aram Zobian raised to 800,000 from under the gun and Ryan Phan called from middle position to see a flop of 
.
Zobian checked, and Phan bet out 750,000. Zobian called, and the turn landed the 
. Zobian checked again before Phan bet 1,800,000.
Zobian called, and the river of the 
completed the board. For a third time, Zobian checked over to Phan and he bet 5,200,000 and Zobian called.
Phan tabled his 
for trips, and Zobian mucked. Phan now has nearly 30 million in chips.
Hand #68: Nicolas Manion opened to 800,000 from the button and Artem Metalidi three-bet to 2,800,000 from the small blind.
The action returned to Manion, and he folded.
Hand #69: John Cynn opened to 700,000 from middle position and collected the blinds and antes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
36,500,000 | 1,600,000 |
|
32,200,000 | -1,400,000 |
|
29,500,000 | 9,000,000 |
|
29,500,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
17,700,000 | -9,200,000 |
|
15,000,000 | 600,000 |
|
9,300,000 | -500,000 |
|
5,600,000 | -200,000 |