Zhao Flops a Straight
Level 6
: 300/600, 75 ante
He Chang raised to 1,200 from under the gun and was called by Phanlert Sukonthachartnant in the cutoff and Hongjiu Zhao in the big blind.
They all checked through the 
flop to the 
on the turn. Zhao checked, Chang continued with a bet of 1,700 and both Sukonthachartnant and Zhao called.
The river completed the board with the 
and they all checked again. Zhao showed 
for the flopped straight and that was enough for the rest to muck their hands.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
74,000 | 24,000 |
|
63,000 | |
|
|
53,000 | 3,000 |
|
52,000 | 2,000 |
|
|
46,000 | |
|
43,000 | -2,000 |
|
42,500 | -21,500 |
to not provide any help to Kong. Kong just smiled and sent his assistant to the cashier to reenter.
. Both players seemed a little gun shy and checked, leaving the dealer to burn and turn the 
. 
river paired the board and there was no more betting. Wang tabled 
but this was not enough to beat Gu's turned two pair with 
leaving the Macanese player to rake in the pot and climb to 51,100 while Wang dropped back down to starting stack.
for a missed backdoor flush draw and gutshot straight draw but a rivered pair of tens. However, this was not enough to beat Chao's rivered Broadway straight with 
and he pulled in a decent sized pot to climb to 71,000 while Gao took a hit and is now short on 10,700.
to give Sukonthachartnant a pair of sevens. Fasano now just needed to avoid a three, ace, or another seven to double-up. 
on the river was just what Fasano didn't want to see and he quickly left the table.
flop over to Ruan, who continuation-bet 1,200, which Gao quickly called. This pattern repeated on the 
was good for the pot.
and there was around 11,000 in the middle already. Yilu Yuan checked from under the gun and Preston lee bet 5,000 which Yuan called.
for two pair, aces and tens with the king-kicker. Yuan got up from his seat and left the table. The dealer turned around [ahjc[ for Yuan to show Yuan's cards and it was an all-in situation and cards had to be shown.
