Milly For Zhao, Pain For Mao

We didn't see the action prior to the river, but Jianwen Mao has just seen most of chips shipped Xiaobo Zhou's way.

The board read , and the ace on the river proved pivotal. There was around 330,000 already in the middle, and Mao checked it before Zhou fired a bet of what looked to be 170,000. After thinking long and hard - and eventually having the clock called on him - Mao would make the call.

Mao:
Zhou:

Both had paired the ace on fifth street but Zhou had the better kicker with the king. Mao was understandably frustrated and drops to 131,000, while Zhou had reached the one million mark.