Jiachen Gong Eliminated in 5th Place ($128,100)

After climbing up the ranks of this final table, Jiachen Gong wakes up with another pair of .

He opens to 1.2 million on the cutoff and Nick Petrangelo wastes no time going all in with on the button. Gong calls and the flop comes and now Gong is the one who needs to hit.

The case on the turn ends all hopes with Petrangelo making quads and Gong’s aces-full not up to the task. the river completes the board and Gong’s run comes to an end. It’s his second Championship final table after placing 7th in the 8-Max last week and he can console himself with a deeper run and bigger payday than in his previous result, though it seems more than likely he will remember that beat for some time to come.

Nick Petrangelo – 38 million
Jiachen Gong – Eliminated