Hands #55-56: Daniel Klinger Doubles Thru Jiaxu Chen

Mar 25, 2025

Photo: Daniel Klinger

Hand #55: Jiaxu Chen raises to 300,000 on the button and wins the blinds.


Hand #56: Chen raises to 300,000 in the cutoff and Daniel Klinger three-bets to 900,000 in the small blind. The chip leader uses one time extension and jams, Klinger calls instantly.

Daniel Klinger: Spade AHeart A.
Jiaxu Chen: Diamond QDiamond 10.

“Shine bright like a diamond,” Chen’s rail chants. The Club 10Diamond 8Heart 6Club 2Heart 8 board is another dagger for the Kiwi, as Klinger doubles for 4,275,000.

“Yeahhhhhhh,” Joshua McSwiney loudly exclaims and then adds “get him”, motioning towards chip leader Chen.


Daniel Klinger – 8,775,000 (59 bb)
Jiaxu Chen – 11,700,000 (78 bb)

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