Huang Burns Five Time Banks, Makes Correct Call
In the previous hand, Wei Huang raised to 400,000 from under the gun with 
. Viktor Katzenberger had 
on the button and three-bet to 1,050,000 with the blades. Both the blinds and Huang snap-folded.
The next hand, Nicola Grieco raised to 500,000 and Huang called out of the big blind. On the 
flop, Huang checked and Grieco instantly shoved it in, covering Huang's stack. It was 3,700,000 total for the Chinese if he was to call it off.
Huang burned through all of his five (!) time bank cards before calling it off for his tournament life.
Nicola Grieco: 
Wei Huang: 
Grieco revealed first and Huang slammed his hand open on the felt after seeing he was ahead. The 
on the turn added extra outs for the Italian, but the 
river was safe for Huang, who celebrated the double-up with Haoxiang Wang on the rail. Grieco gave the Chinese pair a death stare and added some words in Italian before sitting back down.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
8,750,000 | -650,000 |
|
8,700,000 | 3,400,000 |
|
5,840,000 | 1,400,000 |
|
2,340,000 | -500,000 |
|
2,000,000 | -4,050,000 |
, but with no aces involved this time the kings remained ahead. Huang faded the sevens on the 
turn and 
river to keep the tournament going with five players.![[user38873]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
and scooped the blinds and big blind ante.
and that also took down the pot preflop.
and Viktor Katzenberger three-bet to 1,800,000 with 
. Katzenberger fired 250,000 on the 
in the next hand and big blind Nicola Grieca folded against the 12 big blind shove with 
.
, which he sent to the muck. Katzenberger defended the 
and Ryan Riess checked with the 
flop and the 
and Nicola Grieco flat-called with 
. In the next hand, Nicola Grieco raised to 500,000 from under the gun with 
in the big blind and used a time bank card of his own before folding, and Grieco folded as well.
and Loeser checked with 
, both players checked and the