Evegeny Kurilenko retakes the lead, Hele Liu down to 1.3M

Hele Liu did not like the turnout of this hand as he lost a sizable amount of chips to Evgeny Kurilenko. The action began with a cutoff raise to 100k by Kurilenko, and called by big blind Hele Liu. At the flop 8♠ J♥ 5♠, Liu check-called a 90k bet. On the 3♠ turn, Liu check-called a bigger bet of 250k. Then on the river 10♦, Liu with another check-call of 500k. Kurilenko had Q♠ 9♥ straight. Liu mucked visibly upset saying he had two pair.

Kurilenko retakes the lead with 3.7M while Liu dropped to 1.3M