Bao Ngoc Phu raised all-in from the small blind, and got called by Brent McCue.
Phu:
McCue:
Board:
This pot brought him to almost a million, which were put to work on the following hand. This was a raised pot against Dan Edery, the actual chip leader. Edery bet out 225K on the flop, and Phu raised him all-in for value.
Phu:
Edery:
Board:
Phu now has a very healthy top 3 stacks. Meanwhile, Jean-Bernard Morency got taken out. His stacks had been below 5 blinds for quite a while, and he finally had to settle for $1,740, one position short of the desired pay jump.