Qui Doubles Through Meyers
Level 20
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Jeffrey Trudeau folded his hand in the small blind after having called a bet earlier when Mao Qui had gone all-in from the button. Brandon Meyers was considering his options from the cutoff. The dealer put aside 45,000 to see how much more Meyers needed to pay if he wanted to call. The dealer and the floor counted out the stack to make sure the amount was right. They both confirmed it was 100,300. Meyers considered his options and then put a stack of chips in to call.
Mao Qui: 
Brandon Meyers: 
The board ran out 
- even though Meyers had the better hand pre-flop, the nine on the flop ensured the double-up for Qui, leaving Meyers behind with about 15,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000 | 145,900 |
|
15,000 | -21,400 |
and Bell would need to hit one of the remaining clubs, but the 
on the river did not change anything and Elezra took down the pot. With that pot, Elezra has moved just under Phil Helmuth in the chip counts.
) had opened from the cutoff and was met by a shove for about 50,000 by Wassmuth (
) in the small blind. Ruge called.
to give Ruge the flush and Wassmuth was drawing dead. 
and action checked to Qiu who fired out 30,000. Reading moved all in for around 150,000 and Qiu quickly folded his hand. With that pot Reading now has over 200,000 and the chip lead of the table.
, Moorman checked, Phillips bet 5,000 and Reilly called. Moorman got out of the way.
, Phillips checked again. Reilly bet 9,000 while having about 36,000 left. Phillips just called.
