Level: 37
Blinds: 250,000/500,000
Ante: 500,000
Level: 37
Blinds: 250,000/500,000
Ante: 500,000
A heads-up deal has been made in the $3,000 Mystery Bounty.
With stacks pretty much even, the final two have decided on a 50-50 split of the prize money, leaving $25,000 and the trophy to play for.
That means both players are taking at least $230,123, with the winner set to walk away with $255,123.
Dmitrii Nazarov moved all in for 4,350,000 from the small blind. Walid Bou Habib made the call in the big blind.
Dmitrii Nazarov: Q?3?
Walid Bou Habib: A?4?
The board ran out 10?8?9?4?A?. Habib's two pair was enough to send the start of Day 2 chip leader, Nazarov, home in third place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Walid Bou Habib |
15,000,000
6,800,000
|
6,800,000 |
Quan Zhou |
14,400,000
1,600,000
|
1,600,000 |
Dmitrii Nazarov | Busted | |
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The remaining three players have agreed to a short break.
In a blind versus blind confrontation, the pot stood at approximately 1,400,000, as the board read J?6?3?5?.
Walid Bou Habib, in the small blind, and Quan Zhou, in the big blind, checked to the K? river. Habib checked and then called a bet of 500,000, prompting Zhou to table 8?6? for third pair. Habib chose to muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Quan Zhou |
12,800,000
2,400,000
|
2,400,000 |
Walid Bou Habib |
8,200,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
Level: 36
Blinds: 200,000/400,000
Ante: 400,000
Dmitrii Nazarov raised to 600,000 from the button and Quan Zhou called in the big blind.
The flop came 8?6?6? and both players checked. The turn was the 8?. Zhou bet 500,000 and Nazarov called.
The river came the 5?. Zhou put on his shades and then placed out a bet of 1,400,000. Nazarov made the fold and Zhou took the pot. With that, he edged into the lead.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Quan Zhou |
10,400,000
3,800,000
|
3,800,000 |
Dmitrii Nazarov |
10,100,000
-3,100,000
|
-3,100,000 |
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Walid Bou Habib limped in from the small blind. Quan Zhou raised to 425,000, from the big blind, and Habib called.
Habib check-called a bet of 425,000 from Zhou on the 10?J?J? flop.
The Q? turn checked through to the 7? on the river. Both players checked to a showdown. Habib tabled J?8? for flopped trips, allowing him to claim this pot.
Zhou came into this three-handed match with the lead, but has quietly chipped down to third place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Walid Bou Habib |
8,400,000
3,700,000
|
3,700,000 |
Quan Zhou |
6,600,000
-1,800,000
|
-1,800,000 |
Dmitrii Nazarov raised from the button and Quan Zhou called in the big blind.
The flop came 3?2?4? and both players checked. The turn was the K?. Zhou checked and Nazarov bet 500,000, which Zhou called.
The river came the 7?. Zhou checked again and Nazarov fired out a bet, which Zhou called. Nazarov showed K?5x and Zhou showed K?6?. Both players had a pair of kings, but Zhou's six kicker played on the low board to give him the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dmitrii Nazarov |
13,200,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
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Quan Zhou |
8,400,000
1,900,000
|
1,900,000 |