A Big Pair and a High Score in Scrabble
A player in early position opened for a raise and Yueqi Zhu reraised. When it came back to the small blind, he three bet it, and both opponents called.
The flop came out . The small blind checked, the early position player bet, and Zhu raised. The blind folded, but the other player came along.
The turn was the , pairing the board. Again, the player led out, Yueqi Zhu raised it up, and his opponent called.
Fifth street brought the . Check to Zhu, who bet all in for 200 chips. His opponent called, showing down . Zhu confidently opened up his hand: the gave him the big boat and doubled him up to about 3,600.
That's not all he has going for him though. Yueqi Zhu likely has the highest-scoring Scrabble name in the room, worth 32 points.