Level 22
: 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Kazuhiko Yotsushika defended his big blind with the 
after Feng Chen had raised with 
in the cutoff and Yang Zhang flat-called on the button with 
. On a flop of 
, Yotsushika bet quickly shut down all further action.
One hand later, another three-way pot emerged and Yotsushika bet the 
flop, Bin Wang folded a gutshot and Zhang as the initial raiser called with 
. Another bet of Yotsushika on the turn won the pot uncontested.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,600,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
1,700,000 | |
|
1,000,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
845,000
-155,000
|
-155,000 |
|
||
|
790,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
715,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
and Yang Zhang pushed in the small blind for more than 22 big blinds. Duc Trung Vu reluctantly called all in for 295,000 from the big blind and Yotsushika folded.
the deuces would have sent two players to the rail, instead Zhang moved up to one million in chips and Vu had to settle for 7th place and ?27,090,000 for his efforts.
and Lei Yu defended the 
in the big blind. On a 
turn, Yu checked once more and Zhang now made it 95,000 to go. Yu used several time banks before moving all in and Zhang called. The 
on the river was a blank, which sent Yu to the rail in 8th place for a payday of ?19,907,000.
in the big blind.
. He used one time bank extension and eventually folded.
turn blanked, the 
river completed the suckout and Sun was eliminated in 9th place for ?15,871,000.
and he scooped the blinds and big blind ante to boost his short stack.