Gigantic Early Pot for Chao

Some of the players are wasting no time and some sizable pots are being played, despite the fact it is still early days.

In the largest pot witnessed so far today, Junxiang Tan and Zhang Chao became embroiled in some three-way action that saw the former bust to the latter.

The pre-flop action was unclear as we arrived on the flop with over 25,000 already in the pot and the community cards spread . Reconstructing the action, it appeared Tan had moved all-in pre-flop over the top of an under-the-gun open and a call from Chao. Both the under-the-gun player and Chao still had chips and were live in the hand.

Following a check from the under-the-gun player, Chao declared herself all-in and the third protagonist had a decision to make. The entire hand took close to 10-minutes to play out with the under-the-gun player tanking for an ice age before the clock was called. This ticked down to three seconds before he found the fold and both Chao and Tan revealed their hands.

Zhang Chao:
Junxiang Tan: