Huang Loses it All to Gortikov
Level 23
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Yuxi Huang raised to 360,000 from the hijack, leaving herself with just 5,000 behind. Sergey Moiseev called from the small blind before Aleksei Gortikov jammed from the big blind for around 1,300,000. Moiseev folded, and Huang called off her last chip.
Yuxi Huang: A♥7♣
Aleksei Gortikov: A♦J♣
Gortikov was ahead with ace-jack, and Huang needed to improve to stay alive as the last remaining female player in the Main Event field.
The board ran out J♦5♥3♦A♠9♣, leaving Huang drawing dead on the turn, and her chips were pushed in Gortikov's direction.