HomeIn two killer back-to-back hands, Dhaval Mudgal and David Erquiaga were booted out of the Main Event. Their executioner was Yuwen Pan who now sits with a monster 875k.
First victim was Mudgal who just doubled up through Erquiaga on a lucky catch. With 275k behind, he faced off with Pan. From utg+1 Mudgal opened to 11k, Pan defended on the big blind. At the flop K♥ 10♣ 9♥, Pan checked, Mudgal c-bet 15k, Pan raised to 100k, Mudgal shoved with K♦ K♠ set, Pan called with J♥ 6♥ draw. The Q♣ awarded Pan the straight, and with the river 7♦, Mudgal couldn’t catch up.
Next hand, Pan raised to 14k from cutoff, sb Erquiaga shoved, Pan called. Erquiaga showed J♥ J♦ and upon seeing Pan’s 2♦ 2♣, he said “don’t do it”. However, the board favored Pan again at it ran 2♥ 6♥ 8♣ Q♣ Q♥ full house to Pan. Pan is now the overwhelming chip leader with 41 remaining.