Hands #8-12: Konstantin Held and Florent Remi Nearly Even at the Top

The two chip leaders Konstantin Held (left) and Florent Remi (right)

Hand #8: Jianfeng Sun raises to 150,000 from under the gun and collects the blinds.

Hand #9: Florent Remi raises to 150,000 from an early position and Jianfeng Sun defends the big blind. On the flop, Sun check-calls for 100,000 and does so again for 200,000 on the turn.

Sun then checks the river and Remi uses a time bank, then sizes up to 1,300,000 to force a fold.

Florent Remi – 7,100,000 (95 bb)
Jianfeng Sun – 3,600,000 (48 bb)

Hand #10: Remi raises to 150,000 from under the gun and Sun calls in the small blind. Konstantin Held three-bets to 700,000 in the big blind to force out both opponents.

Konstantin Held – 7,050,000 (94 bb)

Hand #11: Held limps in from the small blind, Remi checks. Held bets the minimum on the flop to earn a call and they check the turn. Held bets 150,000 on the river and Remi calls.

Held reveals the and Remi chops with the .

“Was that a bluff?” Joshua Mccully asks and Held jokes back “what do you think … I was repping ace-queen.”

Hand #12: Sun opens to 150,000 in the cutoff and all players behind fold.

Jiafeng Sun – 3,800,000 (51 bb)