Wang Pressures Qi

Zhu Qi kick-started the action with a raise to 27,000 from the hi-jack with the UK’s Simon Burns making the call from the button before Jun Wang fired out a tickly little re-raise to 56,000.

The action was back on Qi and he thought long and hard about his decision, tanking for a good 2-3 minutes before deciding to raise again, making it 136,000 in total.

Burns quickly folded and the action was back on Wang, who gestured at Qi to lift his arms so he could get a gander at his remaining chips – Qi had 450,000 behind. Seemingly satisfied that he had Qi covered Wang made the standard Macau all-in triangle motion with his hands and shoved for 550,000.

This sent Qi deep into the think tank, where he remained for a good five minutes as level 21 ticked over into level 22. It was a big decision for his tournament life so Qi was given some leeway by the rest of the table, who waited patiently for the Chinese player to make his decision.

Eventually, Qi chose to wait for a better spot and slid his hand face down into the muck and Wang won 170,000 without showdown.