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Tom Hall - 18th Place
Another of the day's chip leaders has failed to make the final two tables. In a three-way limped pot, small blind Jicheng Su checked to big blind Tom Hall on a flop of . Hall moved all in for 88,000, bringing the action to button player Daoxing Chen. He called the bet, chasing Su out of the hand. Chen had flopped top pair with ; Hall showed second pair, . The on the turn gave Chen two pair but didn't take away any of Hall's outs. The river , however, took away Hall's tournament life.
Chen quickly popped out of his chair to vigorously shake Hall's hand. Hall then went to get his payout slip.
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David Chiu has been pretty aggressive recently, often pushing his short stack into the middle amid claims of wanting to bust and "go play the High Rollers".
The line worked when he shoved with and Daniel Hansson made the call with a dominated .
The board of was safe for Chiu and he doubled up to 220,000, with Hansson falling to 425,000.
"You can't play the High Rollers now!" chucked Joshua Ang.
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Kyle Cheong - 19th Place
Kyle Cheong entered the day as the chip leader with 577,500 chips. He was only able to make it about halfway through the field before hitting the rail.
Cheong was in the big blind and had position on small blind Michael Kim, who opened the preflop action to 26,000. Cheong called to a flop of . Kim made a flop bet of 35,000, about two-third pot. Cheong's response was to raise all in for 144,000 total. Kim quickly called.
Kim: , a pair of jacks
Cheong: , a pair of tens
With no draw to speak of, Cheong was left to look for a ten or a seven. The on the turn was not one of those cards, nor was the river. Cheong went from first place at the start of the day to out in 19th. It is surely a disappointing result for him.
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After raising preflop, Mike Collins followed up with a bet of 45,000 on a flop of . His opponent was Daoxing Chen who appears to be enjoying the limelight as he often takes several minutes over each decision. This one was no exception but he decided to make the call.
The turn was the and both quickly checked to bring the on the river. Chen took a moment and slid 215,000 into the pot with Collins quickly calling.
Chen had turned his into a bluff as Collins flipped to scoop a very nice pot. Collins is now up over 800,000 chips.
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Preetinder Bhayana - 20th Place
A massive pot was just played on the front table, with chip leader Brandon Demes raking in a huge pot to take a commanding lead over the field. After a standard preflop raise by Preetinder Bhayana, action passed to Demes in the big blind. He called to a flop of . Demes checked to his opponent, who led out for 55,000. Demes check-raised that bet to 140,000.
The check-raise slowed Bhayana down for about thirty seconds as he pondered his action. His decision was to move all in for more than 400,000 total chips. It was all-advised; Demes double-fist-pump-snap-called with the nuts, , a king-high straight. Bhayana showed down just one pair, . The turn left him drawing dead. After the river , he was eliminated in 20th place.
Demes is the first player to crest the 1,000,000-chip threshold.
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The post-break action picked up right where it left off before the break. Mike Kim was quickly all in against chip leader Darkhan Botabayev. Botabayev showed . Kim had him topped with . The first card on the flop was a nine, but it was followed by a king, . Kim had to feel good at that point. When the board blanked out and , he doubled up to almost 600,000 chips. Botabayev fell to about the same number.
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. Hall moved all in for 88,000, bringing the action to button player Daoxing Chen. He called the bet, chasing Su out of the hand. Chen had flopped top pair with 
; Hall showed second pair, 
. The 
on the turn gave Chen two pair but didn't take away any of Hall's outs. The river 
, however, took away Hall's tournament life.
and Daniel Hansson made the call with a dominated 
.
was safe for Chiu and he doubled up to 220,000, with Hansson falling to 425,000.
. Kim made a flop bet of 35,000, about two-third pot. Cheong's response was to raise all in for 144,000 total. Kim quickly called.
, a pair of jacks
, a pair of tens
river. Cheong went from first place at the start of the day to out in 19th. It is surely a disappointing result for him.
and Blain doubles through to leave Linh on the short stack.
and both quickly checked to bring the 
on the river. Chen took a moment and slid 215,000 into the pot with Collins quickly calling.
. The turn 
left him drawing dead. After the river 
, he was eliminated in 20th place.
. The first card on the flop was a nine, but it was followed by a king, 
. Kim had to feel good at that point. When the board blanked out