Yang Zhang opened the action with a raise to ![]()
and Liu Heng Dai defended with the ![]()
. On the ![]()
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flop, Dai check-raised from 125,000 to 400,000 and Zhang reraised to 800,000 with his top two pair.
Dai double-checked his cards and jammed for 2.0 million in total, Zhang called instantly.
The
on the turn was a blank but Dai's rail had reason to celebrate when the
struck on the river to vault Dai into the chip lead for the very first time on the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,300,000
2,000,000
|
2,000,000 |
|
|
3,600,000
1,900,000
|
1,900,000 |
|
|
||