Black Trending Down
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Joseph Phillips open-raised to 4,000 in late position, and Zhang Xuan called in the hijack. Gilbert Black then three-bet to 15,000 in the small blind, which Phillips four-bet to 40,000.
Xuan quickly mucked her cards, but Black came along to the 4♠6♠10♠ flop. He rechecked his cards before pushing all in, and Phillips snap-called for his stack of 41,000.
Joseph Phillips: A♠A♥ 
Gilbert Black: 8♠8♥
Black was heavily dominated as Phillips had the spades covered. The former chipleader was left unimproved on the K♣6♦ runout, doubling up Phillips and leaving Black with an average stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
265,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
171,000
131,200
|
131,200 |
|
110,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
40,000
13,000
|
13,000 |