$1,700 WPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $628,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 419

Yan Jiang opened her button to 375,000 and Kyle Sturgis called. The flop was , Sturgis checked, Jiang bet 300,000 and Sturgis called.

The turn was and both players checked. The river was , Sturgis bet 1,300,000 and Jiang called. She showed for a pair of nines and Sturgis mucked.

Seat 4: Kyle Sturgis – 4,175,000 (33 bb)
Seat 7: Yan Jiang – 12,550,000 (100 bb)

Then Sturgis opened to 275,000 from the button, Jiang moved all in, and Sturgis called at risk for 4,175,000.

Sturgis:
Jiang:

It was a race and Sturgis needed his eights to hold to double and they were fine after the board to double back into a small lead.

Seat 4: Kyle Sturgis – 8,475,000 (68 bb)
Seat 7: Yan Jiang – 8,285,000 (66 bb)