Yen-Liang Yao Eliminated in 9th Place ($31,078)
Blinds: 600/1,200
Yen-Liang Yao limped in from the button and Aleksejs Ponakovs raised it up to 4,200 which Yao called.
The flop came 
for Ponakovs to continue with a bet of 8,400 which Yao called.
The turn was the 
and Ponakovs barreled a bet of 8,316 over the line for Yao to come along to the 
on the river.
Ponakovs took some time and then decided to put Yao all-in. Yao tanked and then made the call for the 39,494 he had behind with the 
for the straight to see him bust as for $31,078 as Ponakovs held the 
for the flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
54,970
|
54,970 |
|
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|
Busted | |