2009 World Series of Poker
Event 7 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 4,000
Walter Wright - 1,700,000
Mark Salinaro - 1,465,000
Jacob Kalb - 1,400,000
Travis Johnson - 1,369,000
Tang then check-raised Wright to 200,000 on a flop of . After the call, both players checked the on the turn and Tang check-called Wright's 175,000 chip bet when the hit the river.
Tang turned over for top pair and lost the hand when Wright tabled pocket aces.
The on the turn changed nothing and the on the river gave Tang two pair along with the 1.3 million chip pot. Low fell to 450,000 after the hand.
Tang got in ahead with vs. Ciotola's , but a flop of but him behind in the hand. The and on the turn and river didn't improve Tang's hand and he slipped to 600,000 while Ciotola climbed to 850,000.
Wright padded his chip stack to 1,350,000 in the hand.
When the board came , McInnis' cowboys stood up and he doubled up to 700,000.
Johnson wasted no time after that, shoving all in for 726,000 on a flop of and forcing both Ciotola and Tang to fold.