Facing a bet of 3,300 out of a player in middle position on a flop, Celina Lin made it 9,000 to go in the big blind. Her opponent tanked awhile and called. Lin bet small with 7,800 on the turn, and she again got tank-called. The PokerStars Team Pro fired all in on the river, a bet of 26,500 effective. After one final, briefer tanking session, Lin swept up the pot without showdown.
In a battle of the blinds, we found Celina Lin and Harunobu Kojima all in with and , respectively. The board ran out , and Lin sent Kojima roughly 12,500.
If Boyuan Qu wants to pull the High Roller/Main Event double, he's got a lot of work to do after he just bet 11,000 on an ace-high board on the turn and got called by an opponent. When both checked the river, Qu was unable to beat , and he's down under 20,000 now and needs to spin up quickly.
Young Ki Choi was down to 14,500 and got it in preflop, finding himself in a race with against . He won on the reverse end of that flip earlier and once again found a friendly board as it ran out .
Jason Park raised to 4,600 in the cutoff and got a call from the player in the small blind. Antti Halme shoved in the big blind for about 35,000, and Park immediately jammed over the top. The small blind thought briefly and folded.
Halme:
Park:
Halme was quite pleased to be flipping given the speed of Park's shove, but he was less pleased to hear the small blind say he mucked ace-jack. The flop brought Halme a straight draw, and the added even more outs by making it a double-gutter. The river was a brick though.