Zhang Takes the Lead

Mike Leah made it 55,000 to go and was called by the button and Stefan "shetlef12" Nemetz in the big blind. On a flop, Nemetz check-raised from 75,000 to 255,000 and Leah was the only caller. The fell on the turn and Nemetz led for 398,000 in order to pick up a call by Leah.

The river complete the board and Nemetz moved all in, Leah folded with fewer than a million behind.

Only a few hands later on the same table, a raising war resulted in a pot of more than 2.4 million and it was Renmei "Adamwia" Liu on the button at risk against Chi Zhang in the hijack.

Renmei "Adamwia" Liu:
Chi Zhang:

Liu use his one time as emoji and that would backfire as the board delivered the ace on the river.

Nemetz raised to 52,500 the very next hand and Zhang came along to the flop, on which Nemetz opted to check-call for 52,965. Nemetz also check-called the turn for 316,430 and did the same on the river for 899,290.

Zhang tabled for the nut flush and Nemetz lost the big pot of nearly 2.7 million with .