Sean Yu Eliminated by Frank Akhtar

Mar 2, 2020

Sean Yu

WPT Champions Club member Matas Cimbolas raises to 16,000 from under the gun and Frank Akhtar calls in the hijack, as does WPT500 Las Vegas champion Sean Yu (pictured) from the small blind, and Season XVIII WPT Borgata Poker Open champion Donald Maloney in the big blind.

The flop lands Spade 7Club 8Diamond Q and Yu bets his final 45,000. Maloney and Cimbolas fold, and Akhtar calls.

Akhtar: Diamond 8Diamond 7
Yu: Heart JClub 10

The turn lands the Spade 8 to see Yu drawing dead as the Spade 10 completes the board on the river to send Yu to the rail in 50th place.

Frank Akhtar – 450,000
Sean Yu – Eliminated in 50th Place ($18,845)

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