Larry Quang Getting a Second Wind
Over the next two hands, Larry Quang more than doubled his stack.
In the first hand, Quang raised to 5,000,000 from the button leaving behind 50,000. Homan Mohammadi pondered and then put in 5,050,000, and Quang quickly called.
Larry Quang: A♦J♠
Homan Mohammadi: A♠4♦
The dealer fanned out J♣2♦K♣6♥2♥ and Quang doubled up with two pair.
In the next hand, Quang raised from the hijack position to 1,200,000, Todd German called from the cutoff, and Ronald Moore called from the big blind. The flop was A♣8♠2♣, and both players checked to the preflop raiser, Quang, who bet 1,800,000. German folded, and Moore called.
On the turn 9♥, Moore took the lead and bet 2,000,000. Quang thought hard for a moment and called.
Both players checked the river 4♥. Moore flipped over K♣10♣ and Quang turned up A♥10♥ for the win with his pair of aces. Quang, who had been short-stacked for a while, finally jumped up the leaderboard.