Tang Loses a Small One and Wins a Big One

Tianyuan Tang was active in the blinds, getting involved when in both the small blind and big blind.

In the big blind, he saw a flop of with Artem Metalidi. Tang check-called a bet of 68,000 from Metalidi and the turn was the . Tang checked again and faced a bet of 110,000. He folded this time, giving the pot to Metalidi.

The next hand took nearly 15 minutes to play out with both players taking their time with each decision in the big moment. Dong Guo raised to 70,000 from middle position and Tang three-bet to 215,000 from the small blind. Guo called and the flop came .

Tang continued for 125,000 and Guo called again, seeing a turn of . Tang checked this time and Guo bet 255,000. Tang pushed all in for about 700,000.

Reading through this hand history gives the illusion that this all happened quickly. At this point, the hand had gone on for more than 10 minutes. Guo then went in the tank for a few minutes, sitting back in his chair to think through the important spot. Ultimately, he folded, giving Tang the enormous pot.