Max Liu Knocks Out Two, Including Yuri Ishida

Sep 20, 2019

There is a three-way all-in situation at Table 4, with Yuri Ishida all in from the big blind, the player in the small blind also all in, and Max Liu covering both of them from the hijack.

Max Liu:  Spade 8Diamond 8
Small Blind:  Spade ASpade Q
Yuri Ishida:  Heart 4Club 4

The board comes Heart QDiamond 4Spade 3Club 8Diamond Q — Ishida flops a set of fours to the small blind’s pair of queens, but Liu turns a set of eights to retake the lead. The second queen on the river gives the small blind trips, but Ishida and Liu both make full houses.

Liu scoops the entire pot with eights full of queens to eliminate both of his opponents from Day 1A.

Max Liu  –  107,000  (67 bb)
Yuri Ishida  –  Eliminated

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