Hands #75-77: Lambard Doubles Into Commanding Lead
Hand #75: Weiyi Zhang limped in from the small blind and David Lambard made it 280,000 total to go. Zhang made the call and they headed to the flop. Zhang checked and Lambard fired a continuation bet of 350,000, which Zhang called. After the turn, Zhang checked and called the shove of Lambard for 1,280,000.
David Lambard:
Weiyi Zhang:
Lambard needed a nine or one of the two remaining sixes in the deck to stay alive, as he was the player at risk. The fell on the river and Lambard scored a massive double, while Zhang was left with just 175,000.
Hand #76: Zhang moved all in for 175,000 on the button and Johan Guilbert made the call in the big blind.
Weiyi Zhang:
Johan Guilbert:
The flop gave Guilbert trips sevens, however, the turn and river improved Zhang to a miracle straight.
Hand #77: Guilbert open-shoved out of the small blind and Zhang let go his big blind and big blind ante.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Lambard |
3,900,000
1,900,000
|
1,900,000 |
|
||
Johan Guilbert |
1,900,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
||
Weiyi Zhang |
310,000
-1,790,000
|
-1,790,000 |