Championship Warm Up ($600)

China’s Sun Jianfeng opens the action from the lowjack by shoving and ends up getting called by Maxim Kuznetsov of Russia from the sb. Kuznetsov is at risk as he stakes his last 63,500.

Sun shows A♠ Q♥ while the Russian is ahead with K♥ K♦ .

The runout goes: J♥ 7♠ 6♣ Q♠ 6♦ .

Kuznetsov’s double-up reduces Sun’s once might stack substantially heading into the homestretch of today’s competition.

A modest pot of 9,900 sees this hand with a board of J♦ 6♦ J♣ 9♦ . A player from the bb checks as Azerbaijan’s Khayal Abbasov leads out for 7,200. He gets company as Maxim Kuznetsov from Russia makes the call. The player in the bb steps aside.

The river card is the 6♠ as Abbasov fires 22,000. Kuznetsov snap folds.