Lu Zhenghao crippled by Mateo


Christopher Mateo

Main Event champion Christopher Mateo and runer-up Lu Zhenghao were tabled together and faced off for a pot that sent one of them spiraling downward. Action began with Zhenghao bumping it up to 15k, Mateo called. On the flop 4 3 6, Zhenghao c-bet 15k, Mateo raised to 45k, Zhenghao shoved, Mateo called with about even stack.

Zhenghao Q J
Mateo J J

The turn 2 and river 8 were no help to Zhenghao. He plummeted to 4500 while Mateo zoomed to 330k.