Jeju Open Mystery Bounty (900,000 KRW)

Digging deep, Yao obviously gets there when the dealer hits the felt 4♥ 3♠ 8♠ 7♦ 5♠ , giving him a straight that puts a cherry on top of his sun run worthy of the overall lead.

Renyi Wang initiates the action with a 12,000 open from +1 and takes two interested parties to the J♣ T♥ 2♣ flop. Wang continues for 16,000 and only Qingshan Yao pays up from the hijack to watch the dealer flip over the 3♣ turn. A 30,000 second barrel from Wang gets countered by a jam from Yao that sends his opponent into the tank. Wang emerges with a fold, losing two time banks in the process.

Two pair on 7♠ Q♥ T♥ J♠ 5♣ is enough for Yao to deal another blow that takes him back into second overall, right behind chip leader Wei Ye.

Small blind Qingshan Yao kicks off the action with a 12,000 raise, Wei Hong ups it to 36,000 and Yao jams his massive stack, sending Hong in the tank. One time bank later, Hong elects to fold and Yao closes in on the leader some more.

Qingshan Yao's 800 raise from the cutoff gets defended by both blinds and the dealer flips over 8♣ Q♥ 2♦ . Yao continues for 1,000 which takes him heads up with small blind Zhihan He to the 4♣ turn where a second barrel of 2,500 gets called once more before the checked 4♦ river lets He pick up the chips with 7♣ 8♠ .

Under the gun Qingshan Yao opens 300 and takes three interested parties to the flop 7♣ 4♣ T♥ where the action gets checked to button Yixi Tang, making it 500. Yao lays out a hefty 2,500 check-raise which takes down the pot.