Linh Tran Takes One With a Check-Raise
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Linh Tran was in the cutoff, Takayuki Iwamoto was in the hijack, and each player put 43,000 chips in the middle before the flop.
The flop fell 
and Linh checked. Iwamoto bet 25,000 and Tran check-raised to 60,000. Iwamoto went into the tank and used one time bank chip before he ultimately folded and Tran took the chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
278,000 | 70,000 |
|
140,000 | 20,000 |
, Boyuan Qu checked to his lone opponent, Elias Gutierrez, and he bet 6,000. Qu called.
and both players checked.
and Qu bet 27,000. After some consideration, Gutierrez called, and Qu flipped over 
for a turned small flush. Gutierrez mucked and Qu took the chips to further extend his sizeable lead.
, Albert Paik checked from the big blind, Daniel Demicki bet 14,000 from middle position, and Takayuki Iwamoto raised to 31,000 from the button. Paik folded and Demicki jammed, putting Iwamoto to a decision for the remainder of his stack. After some thought, Iwamoto folded and Demicki took the pot to put his stack over the 300,000-chip mark.
giving Zhu a set and Lew top pair, top kicker, so Zhu scooped the main pot to triple up and Lew took the side pot to send Yeu to the rail.
and Lau holding 
