Yukun Zhang went all-in for 11,000 preflop and was called by Matthew Boddorf to be at risk for his tournament.
Yukun Zhang: A♠3♠
Matthew Boddorf: K♠J♥
Zhang's lead only grew after the A♣3♣2♦ flop as it improved his ace high to two pair. The 2♣ turn changed nothing, and the 3♥ river sealed the deal to award Zhang the double and put a minor dent in Boddorf's stack.
Registration is now closed for Day 1c of the $600 Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship.
Here are the top ten chip stacks following the break.
Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Players are now on a 30-minute break. Play will resume at the 1,000/2,000 level.
Kong Wang began the action with a raise to 5,000 on the button. Bogadan Blyshchyk called in the small blind, and David Olson came along from the big blind.
Blyshchyk and Olson checked the J♠9♠7♦ flop. Wang chose to bet 4,000, which garnered a call from Blyshchyk and a fold from Olson.
The A♦ turn resulted in both players checking to bring on the 8♦ river. Blyshchyk checked, and Wong elected to size up on this bet for 30,000, which was enough to put Blyshchyk all in.
Blyshchyk gave it considerable thought before he folded to end the hand.
Forrest Kollar raised to 2,200 from under the gun before the table folded to Adam Duong on the button, who opted to jam for his final 20,000 in chips. Kollar did not take long to call to put Duong at risk.
Adam Duong: 8♠8♥
Forrest Kollar: A♣10♥
Duong held the lead before the runout, but the flop did not let Duong's lead stick around for long as it came 4♠5♣A♦.
The 4♥ turn and the K♠ river completed the board and sealed Duong's fate as Kollar dragged in the pot.
Kevin Nguyen on the button and Zachary Smyth in the big blind clashed in an all-in pot with Smyth at risk for 8,300.
Zachary Smyth: A♦9♦
Kevin Nguyen: A♣3♥
Smyth held the better ace, and the flop kept that fact relevant as it came 2♠6♠J♠.
The K♥ turn kept Smyth in front, and the Q♠ river did not change the standings to award Smyth the double.
Level: 8
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
The chips got in the middle preflop between Ravi Udayakumal and Jonathan Valenzuela, with Valenzuela at risk for his final 5,900.
Jonathan Valenzuela: 6♣6♥
Ravi Udayakumal: 9♥7♥
Valenzuela held the lead preflop, but Udayakumal was not far behind with two overcards.
The J♥5♥K♦ flop gave Udayakumal plenty of outs as he improved to a flush draw.
The 4♦ was a safe card for Valenzuela, but the river was not as kind as the 9♦ peeled off to give Udayakumal a pair of nines, which sent Valenzuela to the rail.
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