Zamani Has the Best of It and the Lead

Chengce Jiang was extending his lead and it looked like he might finish off Ben Zamani, but they both picked up trips and played a pot for all the chips. When the dust settled, Zamani would be the one with the big lead. looking to finish Jiang off.

Here's how it went down:

Jiang limped and Zamani made it 500,000 to to. Jiang called. The flop came and Zamani bet 500,000. Jiang called.

The turn was another eight, the , and Zamani checked. Jiang bet 1,200,000 and Zamani raised to 2,580,000. Jiang went all in and Zamani called off his remaining 6,650,000.

Both players had trips, but Zamani had the better kicker with against the of Jiang. The river was the and Zamani would win the pot and double up, leaving Jiang with under eight million.