Pillon Almost Hangs Around; Zhang Chipping Up

Jeremy Geist

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

After losing a significant pot and being down to just 1.5 big blinds James Pillon moved all in for his last 3,500 from under the gun and got called in one spot by a player in middle position. The cards hit their backs.

James Pillon: 10?6? All in
Middle Position: K?10?

Pillon flopped trips on the full board of 6?6?5?Q?K? and would make it to the next hand with a few more bigs.

The following hand, the action was opened in middle position by Jinrong Zhang to 6,000. It folded all the way to Pillon in the big blind who moved all in for his last 8,000. Zhang called.

James Pillon: 9?5? All in
Jinrong Zhang: K?6?

The J?10?8? flop left Pillon open ended and he would get there on the Q? turn. Unfortunately, that joy would be short lived as the A? hit the river giving Zhang the better straight and sending Pillon to the rail in gross fashion.

Zhang now sits with a top three stack.