Hands #16-18: Check to the River, Then Fireworks for Jia Liu and Thomas Paul
Sep 21, 2017
Photo: Jia Liu
Hand #16 – Muarem Kica raises under the gun to 230,000, taking the blinds and antes.
Hand #17 – Jia Liu raises under the gun to 140,000, taking the blinds and antes.
Hand #18 – Gregory Weber raises UTG+1 to 130,000, Thomas Paul calls from middle position, and Jia Liu calls from the big blind. All three players check to the river on a board of 
. Liu bets 350,000, Weber calls, and Paul raises to 1,200,000. Liu calls, and Weber folds.
Paul shows 
for trip nines, but Liu turns over 
to win the pot with a full house, nines full of sixes, to reach 5.3 million in chips.
Pot Size: 3,260,000
Jia Liu – 5,300,000 (88 bb)
Thomas Paul – 3,000,000 (50 bb)
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