James Mendoza shoved for 900,000 on the button and was called by Marius Gierse in the big blind to be put at risk.
James Mendoza: A♥K♠
Marius Gierse: Q♦J♥
Mendoza had the best of it with Big Slick, and the A♠J♦K♣7♦3♠ runout kept him best with two pair for a second consecutive double up.
Action folded around to the blinds, where James Mendoza shoved for his last 350,000 in the small blind. Ivan Zhang called in the big blind and a showdown was held.
James Mendoza: K♦10♦
Ivan Zhang: 5♣2♦
Mendoza just needed to fade Zhang's live cards to survive, and did just that on the 10♣J♦J♣7♥A♦ runout to give Mendoza a much-needed double up.
Martin Nielsen raised to 400,000 in early position and Jiaming Zhao flat-called from the cutoff. James Mendoza also came along from the big blind and three players went to a flop of Q♣9♥6♣.
Nielsen continued with a bet of 450,000 and Zhao called. Mendoza ripped all in for 2,500,000 and Nielsen also stuck in his stack of 2,400,000. Zhao asked for a count of both stacks and eventually called to put both of his opponents at risk.
Martin Nielsen: A♣A♦
James Mendoza: K♦Q♠
Jiaming Zhao: J♥10♥
The turn was the 10♣ which made things even more interesting. Nielsen's pair of aces was still out front and the 3♥ on the river was a complete brick, allowing Nielsen to triple up. Mendoza collected a very small side pot and the action continued with nine players still at the table.
Jiaming Zhao opened to 450,000 from under the gun with J♣10♣ and was called by Haitao Lei in middle position with A♥4♥ and Stephen Song in the big blind holding K♣2♣.
Song checked to Zhao, who continued for 500,000 on the 9♦2♦5♣ flop. Lei folded and Song called.
Both players checked on the 7♠ turn and Song checked a final time on the J♥ turn.
Zhao bet 1,100,000 with his pair of jacks and Song tanked a bit before letting his pair of deuces go.
Jiaming Zhao raised to 450,000 in early position with A♠3♠ and was called by Patrik Demus on the button with K♣9♥ and Marius Gierse in the big blind with Q♠2♠.
The flop came J♣10♠7♦ and the action checked to Demus who bet 450,000 with his two-way straight draw. Gierse quickly folded but Zhao had other plans as he check-raised to 1,300,000. Demus burned through a couple of time banks before opting to send his cards to the muck.
Marius Gierse opened to 400,000 first to act with Q♦J♣ and was called by Patrik Demus in the small blind holding J♥J♦ and Martin Nielsen in the big blind with 7♣4♣ for a three-way pot.
Action checked to Gierse and he continued for 350,000 on the 9♥3♠3♦ flop. Only Demus called.
The Q♥ fell on the turn and Demus checked — prompting a 1,200,000 bet from Gierse with queens-up. Demus again called.
Demus checked a final time after the J♠ improved him to a full house and Gierse checked behind with his two pair.
Demus showed the goods and Gierse gave a shocked expression seeing he potentially avoided disaster by checking behind.
Marius Gierse raised to 400,000 in middle position with 10♥9♦ and James Mendoza defended from the big blind with Q♣J♠. The flop came A♦Q♥8♥ and Medoza checked to Gierse who bet 300,000 with his straight draw. Mendoza called and the 4♠ landed on the turn.
Mendoza checked again and Gierse sized up a bet of 800,000 on the turn. Mendoza gave it some thought but decided to throw his pair and the best hand into the muck.
Level: 26
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000
Huawei Lin opened to 300,000 and was three-bet to 1,300,000 by Haitao Lei from directly behind.
It was folded back to Lin, who shoved. Lei quickly called all in for 3,100,000 and hands were revealed.
Haitao Lei: A♥Q♥
Huawei Lin: A♣Q♣
The 10♠4♥J♠ flop gave Lei a longshot to a flush, but the 4♠ turn ensured another chop pot.
An irrelevant 7♣ completed the board and they split up the blinds.
Marius Gierse opened to 300,000 from under the gun with J♠8♠ and Ivan Zhang flat-called on the button with a dominating K♥J♥. They went heads-up to a flop of 10♥10♦3♣ and Gierse started with a check. Zhang tossed in a bet of 250,000 and Gierse laid his hand down.
On the next hand, Patrik Demus raised to 300,000 on the button with Q♣2♣ and Gierse defended from the big blind with A♣5♥. The flop fell K♣7♦6♦ and Gierse check-folded to a bet of 375,000 from Demus.
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