Just after midnight, as level 11 turned to level 12, there was a three-way pot at table 82 that saw two players (Shaui Zeng and Yann Prevost-Dumont) go all in against a larger stack (Gino Frenette), resulting in an early exit for Shuai and a triple-up for Yann.
With the blinds at 600 / 1,200, the hand started with four players seeing the flop after a min-raise of 2,500.
Flop:
Four checks later, a was dealt on fourth street. Shuai made it 3,500 to go, and after 1 player folded it was a three-way race.
The river was dealt a , and again Shuai led out with a bet of 11K. He was called by Yann and then raised significantly by Gino to 60K. Gino easily covered both Shuai and Yann’s stack of approximately 20K and 15K, respectively.
In the end, both smaller stacks made the call.
Gino:
Shuai:
Yann:
So, while Shuai was leading after the flop, the turn didn’t bring him any good news, giving Gino a straight and Yann a boat. Shuai’s night was done, and Gino was lucky he wasn’t facing off against opponents with larger stacks.