Wong Busts One
Even though they are sitting on separate tables the field’s two largest stacks seem to have a spooky awareness of where they stand in the pecking order and while he had just been pipped for the chip lead Hong Kong’s Joey Wong looked determined to get back up there.
We caught Wong involved in a hand against an unfortunate tablemate that brought the latter’s tournament to an end. The player in question was on the button in this particular hand and raised it up to 1,300 and small blind Wong re-raised to 3,300 to go.
The button called and it was heads-up to a flop of 
, on which Wong led out for 4,000. The player on the button quickly moved all-in for close to 16,000 and after thinking it over for a few seconds Wong announced the call.
Button: 
Joey Wong: 
Wong held the lead, but his opponent had a heap of outs with top pair and the nut flush draw. However, none of them appeared on the 
turn and the 
river saw Wong send his adversary to the rail and stack up to 85,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000 |