APT Main Event - Day 4 - TWD 65,000,000 GTD

Xi Guo Zhang

Bracelet winner Quang Thai Ha's stack has just been decimated by Taiwan's Xi Guo Zhang.

Ha opened to 320,000 and Zhang 3-bet to 1,000,000 from the small blind. When the action got back to Ha, he made the call.

The flop fell 9♠ Q♣ 4♥ and both players checked to see a T♥ hit the turn. Zhang then made a delayed continuation bet of 700,000 which got Ha thinking. It took a while but Ha did make the call and the two went to a river.

The board texture changed significantly on the 9♥ river as the backdoor flush draw came and the board paired. Zhang wasn't phased at all by the scary river as he announced a shove for 3,000,000 exactly. Ha looked gobsmacked and couldn't believe the situation he had been put in on the APT Main Event final table bubble. The Vietnamese player was well into the tank, using several time extensions before he finally elected to call.

Zhang flipped up K♥ J♥ for a turned straight that rivered a flush and Ha looked dejected. Ha had rivered trips with A♦ 9♦ and made a big call on the river that didn't work out for him. It's now time for Ha to use his short-stack skills to try and make a comeback.