Tough Draw
Phan raised on the button, and Shun Uchida folded in the small blind. As Uchida pitched his cards toward the dealer, they turned over, exposing a king and two sevens. The dealer made sure both Gioi Luong and Phan knew of the exposed cards, and play continued.
Luong quickly three-bet from the big blind, and Phan called.
Luong stood pat and Phan drew two. Luong bet and Phan called. On the second draw, Luong again stood pat and Phan again drew two. Again, Luong bet and Phan called.
On the last draw, Luong stood pat once again and Phan drew one. Both checked.
Luong showed 9-8-7-5-4. Phan stood up and looked at Luong's cards, then showed four of his: 6-5-3-2. He could've used one of those sevens. Or an eight or a nine, even.
Luong is our leader with 539,000, Uchida has 401,000, and Phan is down to 256,000.