Danny Wong Out
Yes, that's not a typo, Danny Wong is out. Going into the dinner break, Wong had over 200,000 in chips. Less than a half an hour after the dinner break has been over, Wong is out the door, and it wasn't the least bit pretty.
We caught the action on the turn as Wong was moving all in for 160,000 or so. The board read at the time the money went in. His opponent, Philippe D'Auteuil, made the call and the few-hundred-thousand-chip pot was born. Wong held the , and was in commanding position against D'Auteuil's . With one card to come, D'Auteuil needed a miracle.
The dealer burned and smacked the on the river and in the blink of an eye, D'Auteuil hit his miracle one-outer!
"Holy sh*t, holy sh*t, holy sh*t!" were the words uttered out of tablemate John Duthie's mouth as everyone had their eyes wide open and jaws on the floor to what just happened. Wong was out the door with nothing but a blank expression on his face as D'Auteuil increased to 465,000 chips. Poker's a brutal, brutal game sometimes.