The remaining three players are going on a 15-minute break.
The remaining three players are going on a 15-minute break.
Derek Childress raised to 1,200,000 on the button and Lingyu Zen called in the small blind.
The Q♦9♠5♥ flop was checked through, and Zen then bet 1,000,000 on the 4♥ turn. Childress called.
Both players checked down the J♠ river, and Zen showed 7♠7♦. Childress mucked A♦4♦.
Jordan Williamson raised to 1,000,000 on the button and Lingyu Zen called in the big blind.
The flop came K♦10♠9♥ and Williamson bet 500,000. Zen called, and the Q♦ fell on the turn.
Williamson then bet 1,500,000, and Zen again called. The river was the 5♠ and Williamson bet 5,000,000. Zen snap-called.
Williamson showed 9♦4♣ for a pair of nines, while Zen had J♥10♥ for a straight to win the pot. "I was afraid of ace-jack," Zen said.
On the next hand after doubling up Derek Childress, Coleem Chestnut shoved for 3,975,000 from under the gun and Lingyu Zen called in the big blind.
Coleem Chestnut: Q♠8♠
Lingyu Zen: J♠10♥
Zen took the lead on the 10♦6♥5♦ flop with top pair, while Chestnut picked up a straight draw on the 9♣ turn. The river was the 6♦, and Zen took the pot to send Chestnut to the rail in fourth place.
Coleem Chestnut raised to 1,200,000 on the button and Derek Childress called in the big blind.
Both players checked the 6♠5♥2♦ flop. Chestnut then bet 1,500,000 on the J♠ turn, and Childress raised to 4,500,000. Chestnut came back with an all-in shove, and Childress quickly called for 16,125,000.
Childress showed J♣5♣ for two pair, while Chestnut had a straight draw with A♦3♦. The K♦ river was no help to Chestnut, and he handed over the massive pot to leave himself on an extreme short stack.
Jordan Williamson raised to 1,000,000 under the gun with K♥Q♠ and Lingyu Zen called on the button. Coleem Chestnut also defended 4♣2♣ in the big blind.
The flop came 9♣5♦3♦ and Williamson bet 525,000. Zen called, while Chestnut then raised to 2,200,000. Williamson folded, and Zen also gave up A♠3♥.
Lingyu Zen moved all in from the small blind, and Craig Robertson called for his last 3,800,000 in the big blind.
Craig Robertson: K♦9♥
Lingyu Zen: K♣9♣
"I've got two flush draws," Robertson said optimistically as both players were poised to chop the pot with the same hand. The Q♣7♣5♠ flop, though, gave Zen a flush draw.
"Don't worry, too many outs," Zen reassured Robertson, but he spiked the 2♣ on the turn to make his flush. Robertson was drawing dead by the 7♠ river and was eliminated in fifth place.
"Wow. Every time," Zen said.
Coleem Chestnut raised to 1,200,000 in the cutoff with 6♥3♦ and Jordan Williamson called with A♣Q♦ on the button. Derek Childress also came along from the small blind holding A♥10♣, while Lingyu Zen defended 10♦7♣ in the big blind.
The flop came 7♠4♠4♣ and Chestnut bet 2,500,000. All three opponents folded, and Chestnut took in the pot uncontested.
Level: 35
Blinds: 250,000/500,000
Ante: 500,000
Lingyu Zen raised to 900,000 under the gun and Derek Childress called in the big blind.
Both players checked to the turn on a board of 10♦3♠2♠K♣. Childress then bet 1,000,000, and Zen called.
The 9♦ river was checked down, and Childress showed Q♠7♠. Zen turned over A♥J♦ and took the pot with ace-high.