From Bad to Worse for Xu
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
The very hand after tripling up, Tom Wheaton opened to 4,000 under the gun. Hamza Azim was two to his left, and moved all in for just shy of 60,000. Jiandong Xu called all in for less on the button, and Wheaton got out of the way.
Jiandong Xu: 9♥9♦
Hamza Azim: A♠9♠
Xu had found himself all in in back-to-back hands, but this time he was the one doing the dominating. Be that as it may, the 6♠A♦5♠ flop was absolutely brutal, as not only had his opponent hit one of his three outs, but he'd picked up a flush draw to boot.
A spade wouldn't come, but neither would a nine as the 3♦Q♦ runout secured Xu's fate, as he went from hero to zero in a matter of seconds.