Jiang Leaves Abouaf Short

Tomas Jozonis raised to 45,000 and was called by Adrian Mateos in the big blind. On the flop of , Mateos checked and called a bet of 40,000 to see the turn. Mateos checked once more and called a second barrel of Jozonis for 130,000. Both ended up checking the river and Mateos announced a jack before turning over his . Jozonis had that beat with and raked in yet another pot against Mateos.

Then, it was Honglin Jiang that raised on the button to 45,000 and Dan Abouaf defended his big blind. On a flop of , Abouaf checked and called a first barrel of 60,000 by Jiang. The on the turn brought a second flush draw and Abouaf checked. Jiang now made it 125,000 to go and Abouaf opted to check-raise to 280,000. Jiang called and the duo headed to the river.

Abouaf bet 325,000 with some 210,000 behind and Jiang used one time bank extension before tossing in a single chip for the call. Abouaf turned over his for second pair and a busted gutshot, which Jiang had beat with the for top pair.

The very next hand, Jiang raised to 45,000 from the cutoff and Abouaf called from the small blind, as did Jozonis out of the big blind. All three players checked the flop. Abouaf moved all in after the turn and claimed the pot after both his opponents folded.