Mao Leaves Serrate Short
Level 26
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Paul Serrate was already stood from the table to watch the runout after turning over his king-queen offsuit from the hijack. He was heads-up in the hand and covered Renji Mao's remaining 550,000 stack in the big blind, who was holding pocket nines.
Renji Mao: 9♣9♦
Paul Serrate: K♣Q♥
Mao was looking to hold to remain in his seat. Both bricked on the J♠4♥3♥4♦2♥ runout which kept Mao ahead, leaving Serrate with just 350,000 behind to play with.