Yuan Surges Past Two Million Late in the Day
Level 24
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
On a flop of 6♥8♦J♠ with around 200,000 in the middle, Xin Yuan got his stack of 1,130,000 into the middle from the small blind and was put at risk by Nicolae Paunescu in the big blind.
Xin Yuan: A♠J♥ 
Nicolae Paunescu: 9x7x
Paunescu had an open-ended straight draw, but wasn't able to connect with it as neither the Q♣ turn nor 9♥ river were the cards he was looking for.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,400,000
1,200,000
|
1,200,000 |
|
1,200,000
400,000
|
400,000 |