The Battle of the Big Stacks
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Changyang Liu and Shawn Busse are the two biggest stacks in the final table and the latter just won their last battle.
Busse was in the small blind and he completed when the action folded to him. Liu was in the big blind and raised to 17,000 with Busse making the call.
The flop came 
and both players checked. The 
in the turn brought another check from Busse, and Liu bet 18,000. Busse called and the river was the 
bringing a third check from Busse. Liu considered his options and decided to bet 55,000. Busse didn't think about it for long before calling and his read was good.
Busse opened ace-nine for a pair of nines, while Liu had eight-three for a pair of threes.