Zhao Continues to Thin the Field
Level 19
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Patrik Demus opened to 85,000 from under the gun and Haobin Wang pushed all in for 495,000 in the hijack. Jiaming Zhao flat-called in the cutoff and the rest of the table folded including Demus.
Haobin Wang: 10♣10♦
Jiaming Zhao: J♠J♣
Wang was fighting an uphill battle when he saw his opponent with the bigger of the two pocket pairs. The board ran out A♦7♠5♣K♦J♥ and Wang was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,000,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
2,600,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
Busted |