Zhen Cai Eliminated in 24th Place ($7,454)
Level 24
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Zhen Cai opened to 37,000 under the gun and next to act, Ryan Lenaghan popped it to 70,000. Action folded back to Cai and he called.
The flop came down and Cai checked. Lenaghan bet 50,000, only to see Cai shove for about 140,000. Lenaghan quickly called , but was trailing Cai's . That changed quickly when the hit the turn to give Lenaghan a winning a full house, making the river card irrelevant.
Cai is the first player eliminated on Day 3, while Lenaghan upped his stack to nearly 1,700,000.