HomeVarun Gupta has usurped the lead. He is now up 2.3 versus Wu’s 1.6M. It took three sizable pots to bring him there.
The first one saw Gupta raise to 75k and Wu call on the bb. At the flop A♦ 4♠ 8♦ both checked. The turn J♠ brought a 75k bet from Wu and Gupta called. On the 6♠ river, Wu checked, Gupta fired out 150k, and that was good enough to win the pot with Wu folding.
Next pot saw a raise to 70k by Wu and Gupta defending his big blind. On the flop 6♣ 6♥ J♣, Gupta check-called Wu’s 50k bet. He did the same on the J♥ turn for a 125k bet. And on the 9♥ river, both slowed to a check and Gupta won with his A♣ 9♠ two pair.
The third hand that took the lead began with Gupta raising to 75k and Wu called on the big blind. On the flop 2♦ K♦ 10♦, both checked. On the 8♣ turn, Wu led for 60k and Gupta matched. On the river 6♣, Wu slid out 125k, Gupta popped it up to 300k, and Wu surrendered his hand.