Zhu Takes a Hit
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
On the river of a board 
, Xing Biao Zhu called a bet of 6,200 by Lifu Liu and mucked when he was shown the 
for the nut full house. Other players that have started well into Day 1 are Huijie Zhou and Kazuhiko Yotsushika while one player has already been eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
60,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
60,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
43,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
, Lei Yu bet 5,000 and his table neighbor check-called to get shown the 
for aces up. That won the pot for Yu, who enjoys a decent start into Day 1 of the High Roller.
. Titov ended up all in and at risk for 37,500 and Zhu had pushed with the 
.
and the 
turn and 
river brought no upset. Despite this massive setback, Zhu remains above the starting stack!
flop for 800. Fellow countryman Kensaku Takagi made the call from two seats over. The 
fell on the turn and a bet of 2,200 did the trick for Takahashi.
and Liu had snap-called for a reason, as he held the nuts with 
