Level 16
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
An early position player opened to 18,000 and Michael Zhan three-bet to 60,000 from the next seat. Action folded around and the opponent four-bet jammed with Zhan covered. Zhan called off for a total of 224,000.
Michael Zhan: 
Early Position: 
The flop landed 
to give the opponent a commanding lead and the 
was just an insult to injury for Zhan. However, the dealer put down the 
on the river to give Zhan queens full and the table erupted after the rollercoaster hand.
"What a sick hand!" someone commented.
Zhan remarked that the hand "played itself" and the opponent replied that he was "surprised you called."
"Hard to fold queens," a table mate countered.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
460,000
359,000
|
359,000 |
, Naichang Chen was in a good spot to get a needed double as he held the 
of Columbus Randolph.
to pair the board and the river came the 
to give both players two pair with an ace kicker to chop it up, which Randolph was much more excited about than Chen who frowned a bit as he pulled back his initial short stack.
but Cohen was not all in quite yet and Spinella quickly turned his cards back over.
. Despite knowing that Spinella hit his jack, Cohen tossed in the last few chips and Spinella called.
against the 
and the river came the 
turn. The opponent gave up asking for a queen before the 
bricked off on the river for Lonis to eliminate both opponents. 
. Conniff bet 50,000 and Teliani quickly folded. Conniff showed the 
which made Teliani express relief over having whiffed the flop while the all in player held the 
to give the all in player trips but improve Conniff to a full house. The river was the 
and Conniff added a bounty to his haul as well as the big pot to move his stack north of 500,000 to put himself among the leaders.
