Zhang and Meng Tangle, Dong Profits
A big hand has recently played out to bring in the new level. It was Bobby Zhang who was the initial aggressor, making it 3,700 to go from mid-position and Vu Chau Doung (small blind) and Guangrui Meng (big blind) made the call to take the action three-way to a flop of 
.
Both Doung and Meng checked the action over to Zhang, who thought it over and then fired out a 5,700 c-bet. While this was enough to get Doung to fold out Meng min-raised the 11,400.
Zhang made the call and the 
hit the turn, bringing an all-in jam from Meng for 46,000, which sent Zhang into the tank.
“Do you have ace-jack with the ace of spades?” mused Zhang as he mulled over his options, but eventually he elected to let it go. Meng was kind enough to let Zhang pick a card – he chose the left one – and Meng turned over the .
“Hmmm, maybe I was ahead,” said Zhang, though we will never know for sure. The Aussie dropped down to 77,000 after the hand and Meng climbed to 88,000. This means that Yu Dong has now edged into the chip lead and has what looks to be close to 110,000 in his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
88,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
77,000
-31,000
|
-31,000 |