Jul 23, 2023
Daniel Merrilees (pictured) raises to 20,000 in early position and gets a call from Zheng Xiaosheng in the hijack.
On the flop, Merrilees check-calls a bet of 15,000 from his opponent to see the fall on the turn.
Merrilees checks again and now faces a bet of 30,000. Merilees then check-raises to 100,000 and gets a call.
On the river, Merrilees bets 205,000, which is almost all of Xiaosheng’s chips.
After about three minutes of thought, Xiaosheng calls to see the bad news of in Merrilees hand.
The pot rockets the Brit up the leaderboard, while leaving Xiaosheng with crumbs.
Daniel Merrilees – 668,000 (66 bb)
Zheng Xiaosheng – 7,000 (1 bb)