Mikiyo Aoki Eliminated in 2nd Place
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Hand #87: Mikiyo Aoki pushed all in from the button and Haixia Zhang eyed up her opponents stack. After a minute of thought she decided to call and Aoki was facing elimination.
Aoki:
Zhang:
Aoki needed to connect with something on the board to catch up, but she didn't see anything that helped on the flop of . The turn card was the
which added some gutshot outs for Aoki. The river card was the
which locked up the pot for Zhang, and Aoki was eliminated from the tournament in second place after beginning the day with a massive chip lead. She has earned $94,800 for her great run in this event.