Walton Up, Zhang Down
Things are going pretty well for the USA's Austin Walton, but not so swimmingly for Wayne Zhang. The two have tangled in quite a few pots recently, none of which have made it to showdown, but Walton seemed to have had the best of it so far.
That trend continued in a blind on blind battle between the two, with Zhang limping the small blind. Last time this happened Walton checked it back and Zhang won with a min-bet on the flop. However, things played out a little differently this time around and Walton raised it up to 105,000 with Zhang making the call.
The monochrome 
flop saw no betting, so Zhang decided to take a stab on the 
turn for 155,000. Walton remained motionless for a minute before springing into action and cutting out a raise to 400,000. Zhang sighed, re-checked his cards and mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,050,000 | |
|
1,625,000 |