Li Snatches Lead
The first few hands of heads up was just blind and ante swapping but the third hand was a significant one. Pre-flop it was Longyun Li on the button and he made it 260,000 to go, with Michael Soyza making the call from the big blind.
Soyza checked the flop over to Li, who continuation bet 360,000 and Soyza did not take long to make the call to swell the pot to over 1.1 million.
The turn saw Soyza check again and Li reached for chips, firing a sizable 780,000 second barrel. Soyza thought it over before reaching for raising chips and check-raised to 2.1 million in total to send Li deep into the tank.
Eventually, he called to grow the pot to over 5 million and the dealer flipped over the river to complete the hand. Soyza now checked and Li did not take long to shove with Soyza folding instantly. Soyza is now down to 5.1 million and Li climbed to 9.6 million to take the lead.