Hands #65-71: Alexander Yen Continues Climbing

Hand #65: Nicholas Verderamo opens in the lojack and everybody folds, earning him the blinds and ante.

Hand #66: Alexander Yen (pictured) opens to 300,000 in the cutoff and Anton Wigg defends his big blind. Wigg check-calls Yen’s continuation-bet of 250,000 on the flop before action checks through the turn and river to take the hand to showdown.

Wigg tables for top pair and earns the pot after Yen mucks.

Hand #67: Joshua Kay raises to 325,000 and action folds to Wigg in the small blind, who calls. Action goes heads up to a flop of and Wigg checks to Kay, who continuation-bets 350,000. Wigg folds.

Hand #68: Yen raises to 300,000 in the lojack and everybody folds, earning him the blinds and ante.

Hand #69: Kay sees action fold to him in the small blind and completes. Daniel Lazrus checks his option in the big blind.

The flop drops and Kay bets 200,000. Lazrus calls and the turn comes . Kay checks, Lazrus bets 300,000, and Kay quickly folds.

Hand #70: Kay opens to 325,000 on the button and Alexander Yen three-bets to 1.1 million in the big blind. Kay calls and the flop comes . Yen continuation-bets another 1.1 million and Kay calls.

The turn comes and Yen fires a second barrel of 2 million. Kay folds.

Hand #71: Lazrus raises to 300,000 on the button and

Alexander Yen: 26,175,000 (174 bb)
Joshua Kay – 16,850,000 (112 bb)
Anton Wigg – 13,600,000 (90 bb)
Nicholas Verderamo – 6,800,000 (45 bb)
Daniel Lazrus – 7,775,000 (51 bb)