Kevin Wang raised to 700,000 from the cutoff. Brian Bowman jammed all in from the small blind for about 2,000,000. Omer Gabay re-jammed his larger stack of about 3,500,000 from the big blind. Action was back on Wang who had a huge decision on his hands. He thought it out for about 20 seconds before calling.
Brian Bowman:
Omer Gabay:
Kevin Wang:
Wang was praying for under cards as he needed the tens to hold to score the double knockout. But the flop came to send Gabay into the lead. The turn was the to suddenly launch Bowman to the front of the pack but the sting in the tail came on the river as the peeled off to give Wang the set and the double knockout.
Wang, who is now the runaway chip leader, was jacked up as he pumped his fist and said "F*** yeah" multiple times while he collected his winnings.
Marc Masino open-jammed for 1,800,000 from the cutoff and William Blais called from the small blind.
Marc Masino:
William Blais:
Masino woke up with an ace but was dominated by Blais and the flop didn't change a thing.
The paired the board on the turn, taking away Masino's eight and it was unfortunate as the fell on the river and eliminated him on the bubble to the unofficial final table.
The action was picked up on a flop of and Kevin Wang having fired out a bet of 800,000. His opponent, Chad Norton raised to 2,100,000 chips and Wang re-raised all-in. After a brief moment, Norton called and the hands were tabled.
It was the held by Norton that led the held by Wang.
The turn was the and Norton filled up and left Wang drawing dead.
The meaningless river card was the and that made it official and secured a double for Norton.
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