Level: 37
Blinds: 250,000/500,000
Ante: 500,000
Level: 37
Blinds: 250,000/500,000
Ante: 500,000
A heads-up deal has been made in the $3,000 Mystery Bounty.
With stacks pretty much even, the final two have decided on a 50-50 split of the prize money, leaving $25,000 and the trophy to play for.
That means both players are taking at least $230,123, with the winner set to walk away with $255,123.
Dmitrii Nazarov moved all in for 4,350,000 from the small blind. Walid Bou Habib made the call in the big blind.
Dmitrii Nazarov: Q♥3♥
Walid Bou Habib: A♦4♦
The board ran out 10♥8♣9♦4♣A♣. Habib's two pair was enough to send the start of Day 2 chip leader, Nazarov, home in third place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Walid Bou Habib |
15,000,000
6,800,000
|
6,800,000 |
Quan Zhou |
14,400,000
1,600,000
|
1,600,000 |
Dmitrii Nazarov | Busted | |
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The remaining three players have agreed to a short break.
In a blind versus blind confrontation, the pot stood at approximately 1,400,000, as the board read J♠6♣3♠5♦.
Walid Bou Habib, in the small blind, and Quan Zhou, in the big blind, checked to the K♥ river. Habib checked and then called a bet of 500,000, prompting Zhou to table 8♣6♠ for third pair. Habib chose to muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Quan Zhou |
12,800,000
2,400,000
|
2,400,000 |
Walid Bou Habib |
8,200,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
Level: 36
Blinds: 200,000/400,000
Ante: 400,000
Dmitrii Nazarov raised to 600,000 from the button and Quan Zhou called in the big blind.
The flop came 8♣6♠6♣ and both players checked. The turn was the 8♦. Zhou bet 500,000 and Nazarov called.
The river came the 5♠. Zhou put on his shades and then placed out a bet of 1,400,000. Nazarov made the fold and Zhou took the pot. With that, he edged into the lead.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Quan Zhou |
10,400,000
3,800,000
|
3,800,000 |
Dmitrii Nazarov |
10,100,000
-3,100,000
|
-3,100,000 |
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Walid Bou Habib limped in from the small blind. Quan Zhou raised to 425,000, from the big blind, and Habib called.
Habib check-called a bet of 425,000 from Zhou on the 10♦J♣J♠ flop.
The Q♦ turn checked through to the 7♥ on the river. Both players checked to a showdown. Habib tabled J♥8♣ for flopped trips, allowing him to claim this pot.
Zhou came into this three-handed match with the lead, but has quietly chipped down to third place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Walid Bou Habib |
8,400,000
3,700,000
|
3,700,000 |
Quan Zhou |
6,600,000
-1,800,000
|
-1,800,000 |
Dmitrii Nazarov raised from the button and Quan Zhou called in the big blind.
The flop came 3♥2♠4♣ and both players checked. The turn was the K♠. Zhou checked and Nazarov bet 500,000, which Zhou called.
The river came the 7♣. Zhou checked again and Nazarov fired out a bet, which Zhou called. Nazarov showed K♥5x and Zhou showed K♦6♠. Both players had a pair of kings, but Zhou's six kicker played on the low board to give him the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dmitrii Nazarov |
13,200,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
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Quan Zhou |
8,400,000
1,900,000
|
1,900,000 |