Hands #77-81: Heads-Up Play Begins
Nivel 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Hand #77: Haixia Zhang got a walk in the first heads-up hand.
Hand #78: Zhang raised to 40,000 from the button and Mikiyo Aoki quickly three-bet to 125,000. Zhang called and they saw a flop of . Aoki bet 175,000 and Zhang called. The turn card was the and Aoki checked. Zhang bet 200,000 and won the pot.
Hand #79: Aoki raised to 75,000 and Zhang called in the big blind. The flop was and Zhang checked. Aoki bet 200,000 to win the hand.
Hand #80: Zhang raised and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #81: Zhang was given a walk.