Wang Meng en route to the top

China’s Wang Meng has been taking down some hefty pots at his table and has overtaken the leader Ricardo Jose Valim. Here were a few of Meng’s hands:

Fung all in with A♣ J♠, Meng with K♣ K♦, the board ran 5♠ 9♠ K♠ 9♣ 8♣ for a full house to Meng and the exit to Fung.

Utg+1 Victor Chong raised to 5500 and button Meng called. At the flop 7♠ 8♠ 3♦, no bets came. On the 5♥ turn, Chong checked, Meng bet 12k, and was called. On the river 4♥, action was the same with Chong calling a 33k bet. Meng won with 4♥ 5♥ two pair. Before the bubble round, Meng won another pot against Chong to near 500k.