Xu Triples Up in the Second Hand of the Day
The action started with Graeme Putt raising to 400 from under the gun plus one. Andrew White then re-raised to 1,400 from the next seat over. Gaojie Xu called from middle position as did Ehsan Amiri from the cutoff. Putt called.
The flop came 
and Putt and White checked. Xu fired out 3,100. Amiri quickly called. Putt and White followed shortly after.
The turn brought the 
and once again Putt and White checked. Xu slid out 14,000.
"Might be a quick one," announced Amiri, after moving all in for 25,600.
Putt then made the call with 26,900 behind. White got out of the way. Xu snap-called.
Xu: 
Amiri: 
Putt: 
Xu had flopped a straight and led against Amiri and Putt who both had big pieces of the board.
The 
on the river would change nothing resulting in Xu tripling up in only the third hand of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
93,900 | 63,900 |
|
25,400 | -4,600 |
|
1,300 | -28,700 |
|
1,000 | -29,000 |