Small Blind Special for Luo
It’s hard to be a winning player in the blinds, at least in the long run but Xixiang Luo is bucking that trend and we witnessed the Chinese play and win a second multi-way pot from the small blind.
It was Korea’s Vivian Im who was the pre-flop protagonist this time around, making it 400 to go from under-the-gun and receiving no respect at all for her early position raise with the hi-jack, cutoff, and both blinds coming along for the ride to take play five-way to a flop of 
.
This was checked all around and the 
came in on the turn to pair the board. Luo now opened from the small blind, making it 650 and after the big blind and Im got out of the way the action was on the hi-jack, who fired out a raise of 1,350. The player in the cutoff folded and action was back on Luo, who made the call to take play heads-up to the 
river. Luo led once again, firing out a bet of 2,075 and that was enough to win the hand when his opponent folded instantly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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24,500
7,500
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7,500 |
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13,400 | |