Down and Up for Awerbuch
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Chad Awerbuch check-called a bet of 22,000 by Hankun Zhao on the 9♥8♥8♣5♣ turn and they checked the Q♥ river. Awerbuch tabkled the 7♣7♠ but Zhao had that beat with the J♦9♦.
Awerbuch got most of his losses back when he was paid off with K♣K♠ on a board of Q♠Q♣7♠10♦4♣ shortly thereafter.
On a nearby table, early frontrunner Denzel Barkho has been spotted with an even bigger stack.