In a preflop confrontation Erdun Xu was all in from early position for 24,400, Yuan Yao was all in from the cutoff for 145,900 and they were up against Muyi Chen who covered both players.
Erdun Xu: T♥ 9♥
Yuan Yao: K♣ K♥
Muyi Chen: 8♦ 8♣
Yao held up with the best hand on the Q♦ 7♣ K♠ 4♦ 7♥ runout, improving to a full house to eliminate Xu and drag in a colossal pot worth over 250 big blinds.
Erdun XuWith two players seeing a board of 8♠ 2♠ 9♣ A♣ and 8,900 in the middle, Erdun Xu checked from the big blind and Yixian Chen shoved with a covering stack from early position. Xu called with his remaining stack of 18,800, putting himself at risk.
Erdun Xu: Q♣ J♣
Yixian Chen: T♣ 8♣
Chen was ahead with third pair but the Q♥ river improved Xu to a pair of queens to double up.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
EX Erdun Xu ![China [CHN]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/cn.svg "China [CHN]"){kind=small} China | 46,500(58 BB) |
CY Chen Yixian China | 26,000(33 BB) |
Renji MaoWith three players seeing a board of T♣ J♦ 7♣ K♥ and 6,500 in the middle Yixian Chin checked from the hijack and Erdun Xu bet 3,300 from the cutoff. Renji Mao raised to 8,000 from the button and both opponents folded.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
EX Erdun Xu China | 43,700(219 BB) |
CY Chen Yixian China | 34,900(175 BB) |
RM Renji Mao China | 20,000(100 BB) |
![South Korea [KOR]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/kr.svg "South Korea [KOR]"){kind=small}
