Lin Wins Big
A huge hand has just played out between Sun Sheng and Qiang Lin that has decimated the former’s 50,000 starting stack.
Pre-flop it was Yan Shing Tsang who lit the blue touch paper with and under-the-gun raise to 700. Sitting UTG+1 Sun Sheng tossed in the call before Qiang Lin re-raised from UTG+3 to 2,800 in total.
While that was more than enough to get Tsang to bow out Sheng looked like he wanted to see a flop and after a couple of minutes of careful contemplation, he threw in the calling chips to take the action heads-up to a 
flop.
Sheng checked it over to Lin who continuation bet 3,800, only to see Sheng check-raise another 5,000 on top for a total bet of 8,800.
Lin thought it over but elected to call and the 
hit the turn. This brought a 14,000 bet from Sheng and Lin thought long and hard before deciding to call once more.
The 
river sent Sheng deep into the think tank as he sized up Lin’s stack before deciding the right amount to bet was 40,000 – which coincidently, was the size of Lin’s remaining stack – leaving himself 14,000 behind.
It was Lin’s turn to tank, but not for too long and he eventually announced the call.
Sheng sheepishly turned over 
for a missed back door heart draw meaning Lin’s 
top pair was enough to win the huge pot and Sheng took a big early hit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
128,500
79,650
|
79,650 |
|
|
14,000
-36,000
|
-36,000 |