Engel's Lead Evaporates
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Lu Zhang got it in with top-pair top-kicker against an Ari Engel flush draw, fading all his outs to double up once.
A few hands later they were in a battle of the blinds and Zhang was seen leading out on a 
flop. Engel called, but when Zhang bet the 
turn, making it 63,000, Engel shoved.
Zhang made the call for her tournament life and a massive pot with 
, having flopped a set.
Once again, Engel was on the flush draw, showing 
. The river came the 
and Zhang's at the top of the counts now as Engel's stack falls to just a small percentage of what it once was.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
850,000
735,500
|
735,500 |
|
320,000
694,000
|
694,000 |