Dai Doubles Into the Lead
Level 25
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Yang Zhang opened the action with a raise to 
and Liu Heng Dai defended with the 
. On the 
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 |
|
3,600,000 | -1,900,000 |
and Liu Heng Dai called with 
flop and they checked the 
turn.
river, Dai checked and Zhang bet 275,000 into 440,000 to receive a reluctant call from Dai and drop some chips.
and Liu Heng Dai called with the 
. On a 
flop, Dai checked and sent his cards into the muck when facing a bet of 70,000.
flop and Dai remained in the lead. Nothing changed with the 
turn and the river came a blank 
, Wang was drawing dead on the turn and had to settle for 4th place and ₩58,832,000.
flop but the 
turn gave Zhang yet another sent and sent Sun from chip leader to out in fifth place in a matter of minutes. The 
flop gave Zhang a set and he locked up the double and chip lead as soon as the 
flop. Chen checked and called a bet of 70,000 to the 
turn, which he checked once more.