Three players saw a flop of and [Removed:17] checked to Joseph Cabret, who bet 30,000. Mervin Chan called, Yan check-raised to 126,000, and Cabret called. Chan opted to get out of the way and it was heads-up action to the turn, which both players checked. When the peeled off on the river, Yan led out for 205,000 and Cabret got out of the way.
Mervin Chan opened to 50,000 on the button, Jay Tan three-bet to 122,000 from the small blind, and [Removed:17] cold four-bet to 287,000 from the big blind. Only Tan called.
The dealer fanned , and Tan checked. Yan continued for 174,000, and Tan folded.
Joseph Cabret, who was in the big blind, checked a flop of and opened the door for Mervin Chan, who was under the gun, to bet 70,000. Jay Tan folded from the button, Cabret called, and the dealer burned and turned the . Cabret checked, Chan bet 155,000, and then Cabret woke up with a check-raise to 430,000.
Chan made the call and then Cabret check-called a bet of 575,000 on the river. Chan showed for a set, and it was good as Cabret could only muster two pair with .
Action folded to Jay Tan in the small blind and she opened for 50,000, which [Removed:17] called from the big. Yan proceeded to call bets of 65,000 on both the flop and turn, and then Tan fired out 100,000 on the river. This time Yan opted to raise to 275,000, and Tan made the call with . Unfortunately for her, Yan had rivered a flush with .
After a series of bets and raises, Jay Tan was all in for around 550,000 with . She was racing against the of Mervin Chan, and the flop fell . No help to Tan.
The turn was the , giving her a straight draw, and the spiked on the river to give her Broadway.
She excitedly high fived a friend on the rail, then raked in the million-chip pot. Chan was reduced to 2.89 million chips.
Dan Shak opened to 75,000 from the cutoff seat, Mark Betts called out of the small blind, and Patrik Antonius three-bet to 230,000 from the big blind. Shak moved all in for around 2.6 million, and both Betts and Antonius folded.
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