Reser Escapes Again; Zhu Is Outta Here
Jayden Zhu pushed all in from under the gun for 43,000 and Mason Reser called all in for 35,000. All other players folded.
Mason Reser: Q♥Q♠
Jayden Zhu: A♠8♣
"It should be illegal for him to stand up like that," Reser joked to one of the oldest tricks in poker - getting ready to leave and getting there. The Q♦J♠5♥ flop gave Reser top set and the 9♦ turn saw Zhu walk towards the exit, the 7♠ river was a blank. Zhu had 8,000 chips left and was called back to being forced all in from the big blind.
Alexis Hayek raised to 8,000 and Julian Altieri called from the small blind. On the A♦8♠3♣ flop, Altieri check-called for 4,000 and did so again for 10,000 on the 7♥ turn. Zhu had had enough and grabbed his belongings already to walk towards the exit for real this time even before the A♠ came on the river.
Altieri checked again, Hayek bet 40,000 and isolated successfully to show his A♥7♦ for aces full of sevens. Zhu's 5♣2♠ were briefly exposed but he was already out of the Grand Ballroom by then.