Zhou Picks Off Hassan, Duan Shoves on Segre
A ballsy bluff by Huss Hassan backfired, with Steven Zhou picking him off on the river.
It was Hassan the man raising pre-flop, making it 225,000 from the button with both Zhou (small blind) and John Zwaine (big blind) making the call to take the action three-way to a monochrome flop of 
.
After both blinds checked, Hassan led for 275,000 with Zhou the only caller. The 
turn saw both players check, with the 
river bringing in four to a flush.
Zhou checked it over to Hassan for a third time and he reached for a big stack of the dark blue 100k chips for a river bomb of 1,050,000.
Zhou did not take long to make the call and Hassan brassily flipped over 
for six-high. Zhou scooped the pot with 
.
A couple of hands later, Lior Segre and Chao Duan got into it in a button versus blinds confrontation that left Segre a little short. It was Segre who was the initial raiser, making it 255,000 to go on the button, with Duan re-raising to 650,000 from the small blind.
The rest of the table got out of the way and after a few seconds thinking it over, Segre made the call to take play heads-up to a flop of 
, which Duan led for 350,000.
Segre called to bring in the 
turn but that was as far as the hand went. After close to 2 minutes in the think tank Duan pulled the trigger and moved all-in, with Segre making a quick fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,680,000
2,780,000
|
2,780,000 |
|
4,465,000
1,650,000
|
1,650,000 |
|
2,375,000
-425,000
|
-425,000 |
|
1,730,000
-380,000
|
-380,000 |