Jia Xin Wang
Intense showdown at Table 25 started with a raise from Li Tao for 80,000 that Kazuki Okamoto called. Two spots over, cutoff player Shunsuke Mitsugi took a peek and dropped a three-bet to 250,000. Button player Jia Xin Wang also liked his hole cards and dipped in his stack to pull out a 420,000 four-bet.
After the blinds folded, action swung back to Tao who tanked using up five time-banks before firing a five-bet to 850,000 leaving himself over 600,000 behind.
Okamoto could not handle the heavy bets and folded. Mitsugi followed as well giving up his three-bet, then Wang went all-in. Tao stood up and after just seconds, he opted to risk it all.
Li Tao: K ♦️ J ♣️
Jia Xin Wang: K ♦️ K ♥️
When the cards were tabled, Tao was far behind and slightly improved on the turn but fell when the board completed 10 ♥️ 10 ♣️ 8 ♣️ J ♥️ 5 ♦️.
Wang shipped a monster pot and has dethroned Peng Deng to take the lead.
| Player | Stack |
| Jia Xin Wang | 4,600,000 |
| Li Tao | 0 |