The Ji Comeback Sends Cheng Out

It wasn't the best start to this High Roller for Xia Qing Ji, nor was it for Tony Yat Wai Cheng. But luckily for Ji, he's just won two consecutive pots to more than triple his stack. Unfortunately for Cheng, he wasn't so lucky. He's outta here.

First, Ji opened the hijack to 600 and was three-bet by Steven Zhou in the big blind to 2,200. Ji made the call, and then both checked the flop. The turn landed and Zhou checked again, before calling a 2,450 bet from Ji. Finally the river hit the felt, and when Zhou checked a final time Ji led for 5,750. Zhou would make the call, before mucking when Ji turned over for trips.

A hand or two later and we heard a lot of commotion at the table. It turned out there was a three-way all-in, with Cheng holding , Matthew Moss holding , and Ji holding . The runout gave Ji the best of it, tripling his stack up to 83,000. Moss is down to 37,500 now, while Cheng made his exit with the option to re-enter.