Chang Yong Suk crashes; David Erquiaga takes the lead


Chang Yong Suk got involved in three pots that sent his stack up and then emptying out. The first hand he three-bet Keigo Fujimoto then folded to a jam. On the subsequent hand, he won a big pot against Hajime Murase. The hand opened with utg player David Erquiaga raising to 9.5k, hijack Murase three-bet to 25k, cutoff Chang four bet to 61k, Erquiaga folded while Murase flat-called. On the flop 9 7 8, Murase checked, Chang shoved with a stack that covered Murase. Murase used a time-bank then folded. 

David Erquiaga

Two hands later, Chang raised from mid-position, small blind Erquiaga three-bet to 38k, Chang called, the flop ran 9 6 9. Erquiaga c-bet 15k, Chang called. On the turn 10, Erquiaga checked, Chang bet 44k, Erquiaga shoved, this time Chang tanked. After a minute or so, Chang called and showed A A, Erquiaga had 8 9 trips, the river Q didn’t help Chang to bust.

Erquiaga is now the chip leader with over 820K.