Paul Phau opened to 425,000 from the hijack with , Michael Chi Zhang looked down at and elected to move all in for 5,010,000. Phua snap-called and the two turned over their hands with Zhang at risk.
Michael Chi Zhang:
Paul Phua:
The dealer fanned out a one-sided flop of , giving Phua a boat. Zhang was drawing slim and now needed runner nines to take down the pot.
A peeled off on the turn and the crowd went wild as the Triton co-founder was now guaranteed the pot with his four ladies. The completed the board and Zhang took an exit in sixth place to the start of day chipleader.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Paul Phua |
11,500,000
4,600,000
|
4,600,000 |
|
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Michael Chi Zhang | Busted |