Level 13
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
The following hand occurred before the break and dragged about four minutes into the respite.
With 
on the board, Shiguang Zeng bet 35,000 into a pot that looked to contain around 100,000. He was in the small blind and induced a fold from the big blind, but Christoph Vogelsang was slower. A lot slower, as in he would use two time extensions as he reasoned out what to do.
"What can you have?" he wondered as players filtered out of the room, leaving just a few curious spectators. "King-ten? Nine-ten?"
Eventually, Vogelsang decided to call, and Zeng could only muster 
for the nut blocker and ace-high. Vogelsang showed 
with one spade and took it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
216,000
128,800
|
128,800 |
|
90,600
-20,600
|
-20,600 |
flop did nothing for either player, but the 
caused Engel's opponent to mutter something in his native tongue. A 
finished out the board for good measure.
flop helped neither player who was at risk. Aghayev also kept the lead after the 
on the turn.
on the river elicited a fist-pump from Vaskaboinikau, who escaped elimination by rivering the two-outer. The side pot went to Aghayev and Zinno was eliminated.
for two pair, but Gierse had a better two with 
.
