HomeVarun Gupta claimed another pot off Jack En-Ching Wu to distance himself further and be within reach of the coveted title. He limped in from the button and Wu checked. Both players checked it to the turn 5♠ 10♦ 3♦ 9♠, but on the 4♠ river, Wu led for 50k, Gupta raised to 175k, and Wu called. Gupta opened A♥ 2♣ for a straight. Wu mucked in disbelief.
Wu continued to lose two more pots and is down to 640k. Gupta at 3.3M.