Iakobishvili First Casualty, Zhou Sits Down and Grabs Chip Lead

There were already a whopping 72,000 chips in the middle when the action was caught on a board of 2♣9♠4♦5♣. Gha Iakobishvili made the pot even bigger by betting a massive 80,000 from the small blind. Quan Zhou, who just sat down to play his first hand, called from the big blind while Kayhan Mokri folded from the cutoff.

The 3♠ river then completed the board and Iakobishvili downsized to a bet of 50,000. Zhou subsequentially shoved all in, covering the 131,000 chips Iakobishvili had in his total stack by just a bit.

Iakobishvili put forth all of his time banks, and after using a few of them he asked the dealer if he must show if he made the call. After an affirmative answer, Iakobishvhili responded with "then I will think."

"Oh well, I will just reenter", he ultimately concluded while putting in the rest of his stack. Zhou showed A♣Q♣ for a rivered wheel, while Iakobishvili quickly tabled 3x3x for a set. He quickly left the tournament area, looking for the nearest available reentry desk.