Yu Holding His Own, Tan Takes Early Lead
Despite grumbling loudly about how tough his table looked when he sat down Winfred Yu only has himself to blame for inviting some of the world’s best poker players to the tournament, but appears to be doing just fine at present, recently taking down a pot from Steve O’Dwyer.
O’Dwyer was the pre-flop aggressor, making it 800 to go from under-the-gun plus one with Yu making the call from the big blind to take play heads-up to a rather dry flop of 
, which brought a check from Yu and a 500 continuation bet from O’Dwyer, which Yu quickly called.
The 
turn brought checks from both players, as did the 
river with Yu being the first to show his hand, taking down the 2,750 pot with 
after O’Dwyer mucked.
It looks as though it is China’s Xuan Tan who has taken an early lead however, and we arrived at his table in time to see him embroiled in a decent sized pot against tablemate Marius Torbergsen.
We caught the action on the turn on a board reading 
with over 6,000 already in the pot just as Torbergsen (big blind) checked the action over to Tan on the button, who fired for 3,000, which after some deliberation Torbergsen called.
The 
river saw the Norwegian player check the action over to Tan once again, and the Chinese player quickly tossed out a bet of 10,500 into a pot of a little over 12,000. With around 25,000 left in his stack, Torbergsen had a decision to make but eventually elected to fold leaving Tan to rake in the pot and climb to 80,000, which makes him the current chip leader, though it is still early days.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
70,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
||
|
60,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
25,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |