Xu Qiang Catching Heat

Hand #1: A player raises to 2,200 UTG+1 and receives a call from the lojack. Xu Qiang calls on the button and Babette Chao defends her big blind, taking four players to the streets.

The flop comes and the original raiser continuation-bets 4,000 after Chao checks. Qiang calls, and Chao sticks around.

Three-handed action continues to the turn and Chao checks again. The original raiser fires a second barrel of 10,000 and Qiang raises to 25,000. Chao folds and the original raiser calls.

The river falls the and the original raiser check-folds to Qiang’s bet of 31,000.

Hand #2: On the next hand, Qiang opens to 2,300 and Chao defends her small blind.

Chao check-calls barrels of 4,00 and 11,500 en route to a completed board of . She cuts out 40,000, slides it forward, and receives an immediate call from Qiang.

Chao shows , a missed gutshot straight draw. Qiang tables and takes down the pot with his flopped two pair, nines and sevens.

“Where’s the clubs?” jokes Chao as Qiang takes down the pot.

Xu Qiang – 192,500 (192 bb)
Babette Chao – 137,000 (137 bb)