WPT Prime Cambodia ($1,100)

With just two spots to the money, Yuan Xin open shoves 135,000, short stacked Francesco Morales tanks then opts to save his last 1.5 bb while Neng Zhao calls in an attempt to rail. When the hole cards are revealed, it's a flip with Xin A♦ K♦ and Zhao showing 8♠ 8♥ . The board favors the drawing hand as it runs A♣ 4♥ J♣ T♣ J♠ for a double up to Xin.

Leo Soma opens from the button with A♠ T♠ and Neng Zhao defends his big blind with T♦ 4♦ . When the flop comes 6♣ T♥ T♣ , both players land trips and go firing. Zhao checks, Soma bets 11,000, Zhang raises 42,000, Soma three-bets 75,000, Zhao flats. The turn 7♥ sees Zhao lead out 37,000, Soma shoves 160,000, Zhao doesn't hesitate to call and they flip them. With the top kicker, it looks like a double up for Soma until the river 6♦ denies him for a split pot.

Aleksandar Stojadinovic defends the big blind against Neng Zhao and calls a bet worth 40,000 on the 9♥ 7♠ 4♦ K♠ turn with around two times as much behind. Zhao waves the hand to see how much he has behind and then bets all bis big chips on the 7♦ river when checked to.

Stojadinovic eventually calls for 78,000 and Zhao instantly says "good call" before showing 6♦ 6♥ , which Stojadinovic has beat with the K♦ J♠ .

A scan of the field during the break turned up nine players with at least 450K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

With only 33,000 in the middle to the A♠ Q♣ 7♥ flop, Leo Soma bets and Neng Zhao raises to 78,000. Soma makes it 120,000 to go only for Zhao to move all-in and force an instant fold from Soma.

Francesco Morales checks the J♥ 4♥ 2♥ flop and then calls a bet of 17,000 by Neng Zhao in the next seat. He checks the 8♠ turn and instantly calls all-in for78,000 when Zhao bets 100,000.

Morales has the lock with K♥ Q♥ already, as Zhao only has A♠ T♦ for a bluff to make the 9♥ river meaningless.

A scan of the field during the break turned up nine players with at least 300K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

On a board showing J♣ 8♦ 7♥ 5♦ 8♠ and 52,000 in the pot, Neng Zhao shoves for62,000 which sends Francesco Morales deep in the tank. After a couple of minutes, Morales folds.

The cards of Konstantin Held are already in the muck and Yita Choong confirms he has held pocket treys. Neng Zhao claims the last few blinds as he wins the flip with J♣ T♠ on a board of 8♣ 8♠ 2♥ T♦ 7♣ .

Three ways to the J♥ 9♣ 4♣ flop, Yita Choong and Konstantin Held check out of the blinds. Neng Zhao bets 2,000 and Choong is the only caller. They check the 5♦ turn and Choong bets the K♣ river for 9,000. Zhao moves all-in and Choong sighs, checks the cards again and reluctantly folds.