Chen Prevails Against Wheel Draw
Level 14
: 1,000/2,000, 3,000 ante
James Chen was in the big blind and he squeeze-shoved versus a raise and a call from Michael Sortino. The opener had already folded by the time the action was picked up, but Sortino asked for the dealer to put the initial raise into the pot. Chen had 30,500 more and Sortino called.
Chen patted 
and Sortino changed one, opening 
. While he drew a low card, it was a and Chen immediately declared that Sortino had made a straight. The double allowed Chen to climb over 80,000 while Sortino now plays roughly half of that.
Meanwhile, Daniel Negreanu busted on another table and the tournament is now down to the last four tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000 | 20,000 |
|
46,000 | -36,000 |
|
Busted |