On the hand following that chop with Pekka Ikonen, Wenlong Jin was all in again, this time from the cutoff, and got a caller in Chuan Shi. Wenlong had picked up another baby pair -- -- and was racing against Shi's .
The flop came , and Jin was way ahead with his set. The on the turn meant the river didn't matter. Jin doubled back to about 1.1 million, and Chi slipped to 1.525 million.
From the cutoff seat, Pekka Ikonen opened the pot with a 135,000-chip raise. On the button, Wenlong Jin moved all in for and additional 370,000 chips. Ikonen called.
Showdown
Jin:
Ikonen:
The board didn't change anything and they chopped the pot.
No flops for the first half-dozen hands after dinner, with standard preflop raises being sufficient to take the pots.
Just prior to the break, Chuan Shi had closed the gap somewhat between himself and Owen Crowe and Shawn Busse, Now Wenlong Jin is sitting on the short stack and is looking ready to push any hand now.
Wenlong Jin has been nursing his short stack for some time now, mostly folding as he waited out others' eliminations. He had pushed all in on a couple of occasions and got no callers, but just now he was all in again from the cutoff for 340,000 and Owen Crowe called from the big blind. Cards on their backs...
Crowe
Jin
The flop came , giving Crowe a flush draw to go with his overcards. The turn added a gutshot straight draw, too. But the river was the , and Jin's ducks survived.
Jin now has around 720,000, while Crowe has slipped back to 2.7 million.
Pekka Ikonen opened with a raise to 130,000 from the cutoff seat, and it folded over to Shawn Busse in the big blind. Busse riffled his chips for a moment, then pushed out a reraise to 310,000 total.
Ikonen looked like he might be committing his stack here, but after a minute of thought tossed his hand away. Busse has around 2.5 million, and Ikonen 710,000.