Liu Sky Rockets to the Top
JJ Liu just went on an absolute blitzkrieg of a rush before the break to move her stack to a whopping 485,000 in chips. Here's how it went down in a couple of back-to-back hands.
We arrived at the table in the first hand with the board reading between JJ Liu and Kwinsee Tran. Liu was up first and checked to Tran. He bet 25,000 and Liu check-raised enough to put Tran all in. He made the call and showed the for a pair of kings and a flush draw. Liu held the for top pair of aces. The river completed the board with the and Liu won the pot to move to about 375,000. Tran was eliminated.
On the second hand, Liu got all the money in on the flop of versus an opponent holding the . Liu held the for bottom set. The player she was involved with, had around 125,000 or so himself to start the hand and after the turn came the and the river the , all of those chips went Liu's way.