HomeYoichi Uesugi got involved in two hands back-to-back and both of them cost him some chips. The first pot went to Wang Meng. It started with a raise by Sony Liang Liang to 22k from the button. Uesugi called from the sb seat, then Meng re-raised on the bb to 75k. Sony opted to fold but Uesugi tossed in the call. At the flop Q♦ 5♣ 2♥, Uesugi checked, Meng fired out 80k, and Uesugi folded up,
Next hand, cutoff Sony was all in with A♣ 9♠ and Uesugi on the button calle with 7♣ 7♠. The board ran 9♦ 2♠ K♦ Q♣ 2♥ for a higher two pair to Sony. He doubled up to around 340k while Uesugi dropped to 680k which is still above average.