Qingtian Qian

Tomoyuki Maeda made it 250,000 to play from the button, and action came to Qingtian Qian, who three-bet all-in from the big blind for his last 500,000. Maeda snap-called, looking for the double sucker punch and to take play to heads-up.

Qingtian Qian: 7 7

Tomoyuki Maeda: 9 8

The flop of 6 K 2 was kind to Qian and he stayed out in front, but when the dealer peeled off the 8 as the turn it all went downhill from there.

The 9 river gave Maeda two pair, and Qian was sent to the rail in third place.