As we reported earlier, Yueqi Zhu has been disqualified from Event #53. Well, Zhu returned to the Amazon Room moments ago to tell us his side of the story.
According to Zhu, he was heads up last night with about 30,000 chips and his opponent had less than 6,000. Zhu was feeling stomach pains, so he and his opponent decided to make a minor deal. They tried to call the floor four times, but the floor was not around. His opponent then told him he would just fold every hand until the match was over and Zhu agreed.
"It was wrong to win that way," Zhu told us. "Even thought it was a minor deal, I still broke the rules. I want to apologize to the World Series of Poker and to all of the players. This is the first and last time I will make a deal."
It was folded to Ben Yu, in late position, who made it two bets. Chris Farmer on the button made the call and the small blind, Dash Dudley, made it three bets. Both Yu and Farmer made the call.
The flop came down . Dudley bet, Yu got out of the way, and Farmer made the call.
The hit the turn and Dudley bet before Farmer made it two bets. Dudley folded his cards and Farmer dragged in the pot.
Cameron Kazemi raised from under the gun and the action folded to Michael Kaufman who re-raised from the small blind. Kazemi put in a third bet, Kaufman capped it and Kazemi called.
The flop fell and Kaufman check-called a bet from Kazemi.
Kaufman fired bets after the turned and the rivered and Kazemi called both times.
Kazemi rolled over for wired kings and Kaufman mucked his hand. Kazemi chipped up to 47,000 while Kaufman slipped to 30,000.
On the flop, Andre Braender and Javier Torresola checked to Barry Shulman who tossed in a bet. Braender made the call and Torresola got out of the way.
The turn brought the . Braender check-called Shulman's bet.
On the river however, Braender couldn't call Shulman's bet and folded.
Brian Tate opened from middle position, Bahador Ahmadi called and Kirk Banks put in a second bet in position preflop. Tate and Ahmadi both called, and the dealer flopped .
Tate and Ahmadi checked to Banks who fired a bet which the two called.
The on the turn went check, check, bet again, but this time only Ahmadi called.
The river brought the and Ahmadi checked a third time. Banks fired a third barrel and won the pot when Ahmadi released.