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Wang Takes Over the Lead

by Christian Zetzsche • August 26, 2026 - 5:38 AM

David Wang

There are 14 players remaining and the top six will advance to Day 2. A new chip leader has emerged as David Wang now holds the most chips albeit by just a small margin.

He won a pot that could have blown up a lot more if Eunseok Choi had three-bet preflop. Instead, Choi just called and check-called the 10 ♣️ 7 ♣️ 9 ♦️ 6 ♥️ J ♥️ river for 12,000. Wang tabled the K ♥️ K ♦️ and Choi mucked queens.

Petteri Miettinen then three-bet to 30,000 and Jonald Garcia called. They checked to the J ♠️ 8 ♣️ 7 ♥️ J ♣️ turn on which Garcia bet 125,000 and Miettinen folded with a dry smile on the face.

We are in the second level of the day with blinds of 2,500-5,000/5,000.

Player Chip Count
David Wang 675,000
Seunghee Park 650,000
Czardy Rivera 550,000
Eunseok Choi 345,000
Petteri Miettinen 130,000