Wong Chops Twice to Hang On
Steve Wong has already been all in twice at this final table. The first time he chopped heads-up with Eugene Katchalov. The second time he was involved in a three-way pot with Rich Zhu and Sam Farha.
Zhu opened with a pre-flop raise that Wong re-raised. Farha called two cold out of the blinds and Zhu also called. Zhu led a flop of . Wong quickly called all in and Farha called as well.
Farha and Zhu checked the turn. Farha checked again on the river, then folded to a bet. For the main pot, Zhu showed , three aces and a deuce-six low. Wong showed , three aces with a better kicker. He got the high half of the pot to stay alive.