Zhou Under Pressure

On a flop of , Alex Komaromi in middle position and Sylvain Loosli on the button checked to see the turn, which prompted Komaromi to bet 1,400 and Loosli called. The completed the board and Komaromi now made it 4,300 to go. That was enough to avoid a showdown, as Loosli folded.

One table over, Quan Zhou raised to 800 just before the blinds went up and Ryan Riess in the big blind was the only caller. The flop of brought no action and Riess's bet of 1,000 on the turn was called by Zhou. After the river, Riess bet 2,000 and Zhou folded, leaving himself with fewer than 20 big blinds for the next level.