Nathan Annihilated
With the flop reading , Nathan led out for 1,200, only to see Jie Gao raise to 3,400. Nathan moved all in and Gao insta-called.
Nathan:
Gao:
Nathan was ahead with top two pair, but Gao struck gold with the on the turn for the straight! Needing a queen or nine to wrestle back the pot, a repeat spiked on the river and was enough to see Nathan go busto.
Gao moves up to 35,000 in chips after that hand.