8 Max Survivor 2K Bounty to ITM ($1,000)

Action folded to Maulik Shukla on the small blind, pushing him to shove his last 76,000 (15 BB) in. Hongru Zhang right behind, rose to the challenge, putting his opponent at risk.

Shukla dominated, found some hope with straight outs on flop K♦ T♠ 7♥ , but bricked runout 2♦ J♠ entirely, eliminating him from the qualifier.

Hongru Zhang opened on the cutoff and called a 23,000 three bet from Huntae Choi right behind.

Action on board 2♣ 2♦ 9♥ J♦ Q♣ was checked all the way down to the river, where Choi gunned for a final 42,000. Zhang looked him up and mucked as Choi revealed two pair K♠ Q♦ .