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 |