Early Double for Yang
Players are wasting no time getting into the thick of the action and we have not long witnessed a massive pot which played out between Jing Luo and Haiyan Yang that saw the former become the first casualty of the day – but we’re certain Luo won’t be the last.
The hand started off rather innocuously with Luo opening the action with a mid-position raise to 150 and the action folded around to Yang on the button. She peeked down at her cards and threw in a raise, making it 550 to go with Luo the only caller.
The 
flop saw Luo check the action over to Yang, who fired out a pot-sized 1,000 continuation bet. This is where things began to get interesting and Luo check-raised to 2,200 which, after some time in the tank, Yang called.
The 
turn saw Luo fire for close to 5,000 and Yang immediately pulled the trigger, slamming down her entire stack and Luo made an extremely quick call.
Jing Luo: 
Haiyan Yang: 
While Luo had out-flopped Yang with top two the turn had changed everything and given Yang top set, a fact Luo noted with a heartfelt expletive we will not repeat here. The river was the 
and Luo headed for the rail while Yang stacked up to 30,000 and took an early lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
|
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Busted |