Alvarado and Zha Tangle
With over US$3.8 million in career tournament winnings, we think that it��s fair to say that Mexico��s JC Alvarado is one of the more accomplished players in the field. Alvarado was one of the late sign-ups not long before the dinner break but he has already managed to run his 15,000 starting stack up to a decent amount.
However, Alvarado has just shipped some chips the way of Weizhou Zha, who does not look like he needs any as he already has a ton.
It was Alvarado who was the aggressor in this particular hand, making it 3,400 to go from the cut off and, with chips to spare, current frontrunner Zha decided to see a flop in position and made the call from the button to take play heads-up to a monochrome flop of 
.
That brought checks from both players and the dealer burned and turned the 
, which again produced no betting.
After Alvarado checked the 
river Zha eyeballed his stack and tossed out a 5,000 bet, which Alvarado eventually called after thinking it over for a few seconds. Zha turned over 
for two pairs �C sevens and queens �C and Alvardo mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
157,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
29,000
13,000
|
13,000 |