Li Loses Flip To Walton

The sole representative of the USA, Austin Walton, will be sticking around for a while having just scooped in all of Yuan Chao Li's chips.

Li had opened to 50,000 from the cutoff and Walton jammed for 376,000 from the small blind. Jia Feng Wang thought for a long time in the big blind before making an agonised fold, and Li then called off his stack with 252,000 behind.

Walton:
Li:

The two were flipping, and the first card in the window was a jack. However, on closer inspection Walton had flopped a set on the board, eliminating Li and bringing Walton's stack up to 685,000. After the hand, Wang told Walton she had laid down pocket eights. "It's a good fold," he told her. "When I shove I think that's an easy fold there."