Matt Wright Doubles Through Former Chip Leader
May 05, '17
Matt Wright was holding the K
10 and saw a flop of A
QJ
, giving him the nuts. He checked to Seung Yang, who was among the chip leaders. Yang shoved and it was folded back around to Wright. He made the quick call for 75,800.
Yang tabled JJ
for a set. More than 150,000 chips, about twice the average stack, was sitting in the middle.
The turn was the 4, which was of no help to Yang. He still needed the board to pair. The 7 was also no good, and Yang was down to about 50,000, while Wright was near the top of the chip counts.
However, Wright gave some back the very next hand when he ran his pocket kings into pocket aces. He only lost about 40,000 in that spot and was still sitting with a healthy chip stack.
Player Tags: Matthew Wright, Seung Yang
Seung Yang Among The Chip Leaders
May 05, '17
We caught up with the action on a flop of AA8. The player in seat no. 2 bet 15,000 and his opponent, Seung Yang moved all in.
The original bettor wasted no time in calling off the rest of his 54,000 stack, turning over A9 for trip aces. Yang, however, held AQ for trips with a better kicker.
The turn was the Q, giving Yang at least half the pot. The river was the 8 and the unknown player got up to leave the tournament floor.
“I knew you’d be trouble once you sat down,” said the player, shaking his head as he walked away.
Seung is now in second place with about 150,000 in chips, trailing only Angelo Wedra who has 152,000.
Player Tags: Seung Yang
