Saved by a Mistake
Ruihong Tao was in a tough spot after losing an all in with ace-eight against Jiageng Zhang's king-jack. Tao was left with less than five big blinds and shoved them a couple of minutes later.
In this hand he was in middle position, and Kairan Jin was in the small blind. He didn't that a player was all in, and said call by putting some chips in the table, thinking that he is just calling for the big blind. The dealer stopped the play, and asked for the tournament director, who indicated that since Jin said call, then he should call the all in.
Jin finally put the chips for the call, while Duc Trung Vu folded from the small blind. Tao had queen-jack, and dominated Jin's jack-six, with the board giving him the double up.
This way Tao went up to 350,000, and find another double up a couple of hands later. Yang Zhang opened from the hijack, Zhang Mengyin shoved from the small blind, and Ruihong Tao called the shove. Yang folded and Mengyin was slightly covering her opponent with the two players tabling their cards.
Tao: 
Mengyin: 
The board ran out 
and Ruihong Tao is up to 750,000 while, Zhang Mengyin is left with 175,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
750,000
345,000
|
345,000 |
|
175,000
-210,000
|
-210,000 |