The pot had already swelled to 10,000 when Tu Than Le checked the turn on a board. Kazuki Ikeuchi moved all in for 17,950. Le thought for awhile and managed to talk himself into a call. Ikeuchi clearly didn't want a call with for second pair, and he was shocked to see he was actually ahead. Le had called with for the same pair, worse kicker. The river was the , and Ikeuchi doubled up in surprising fashion. "He went crazy," said another player at the table, pointing to Le. Le is now down to 13,000.
With the pot sitting at approximately 3,500 chips, Steve Yea fired 1,900 into Tony Hachem. Hachem then raised to 6,500 and the next player to act folded his hand. Yea went into the tank for several minnutes and eventually mucked, giving Hachem the pot and putting him back over the starting-stack amount.
From the cutoff seat, Brendon Rubie min-raised to 800. Sarah Lee called from the small blind and Julian Cohen called from the big blind. The flop was and action checked to the preflop raiser. Rubie fired 800 and then Lee raised to 1,900. Cohen thought for a moment and then moved all in for 11,950. Rubie instantly mucked and Lee made the call.
Cohen held the against Lee's . The turn brought the and helped Lee, giving her a few more outs against Cohen. Needing a queen or an ace on the river, Lee looked on anxiously. The river card completed the board with the and didn't do it for Lee. She sent over the pot and dropped to 11,500. Cohen has a little under 30,000 chips.
One player fired 2,500 into Nam Le on the board of . The pot was between 6,000 and 7,000 chips at the time. Le opted to increase the price of things and raised to 5,600. His opponent tank-called.
The river paired the board with the . It also completed a flush draw. The first player checked and then Le tank-checked. The first player tabled the , but Le tabled the winner with the . He's got 35,000 chips now.
The final numbers are in, and after two and half days, the players finally know exactly how much is at stake. Today's 170 entrants, combined with Day 1a's 88 and Day 1b's 84, brings the total number of runners to 342. At HK$40,000 ($37,600+$2,400) a pop, that creates a total prize pool of $12,859,200. That's about $1.65 million U.S. Here's the payout breakdown:
Tommy Le raised to 1,000 from middle position. One player called from the button and then the big blind called as well.
The three players saw a flop of and action checked to Le. He fired all in for 4,050. The player on the button called and then the big blind folded. Le held the and his opponent the .
The turn and river didn't help Le when the and fell, sending him to the rail.
A player in middle position opened to 1,200, and he found two callers including Aaron Benton.
The flop came out , and the preflop raiser continued out with a bet of 4,000. This time Benton was the only caller, and the two men went heads-up to the on the turn. The aggressor passed this time, and Benton took his cue to bet 7,000. His opponent then moved all in for about 16,000 total on a check-raise, and Benton made a reluctant but automatic call. And it was a good one.
Showdown
Benton:
Opponent:
Benton seemed almost apologetic for what was about to happen. "Aw, come on mate. Just fold. I have to call, there's forty thousand in there."
The river was a blank , and that knockout earns Benton the pot and a chip boost up over 70,000.
On the flop of , Quinn Do was all in with pocket aces against an opponent's for a straight and flush draw. Do did hold the to eliminate one out from his opponent.
The turn brought the and then the river the . Do was all in for 7,900 and doubled to over 17,000 chips.
We only caught up to the action as Quinn Do was shipping his chips across the table to Julian Cohen, but the lovely Sarah Lee gave us the gist of the action. On the flop of , Do fired a bet and Cohen raised. Do moved all in and Cohen made the call. Do held pocket nines and Cohen the .
The turn was the and the river the . Cohen finished with a full house and sent the shorter-stacked Do to the exit. Cohen's now up to 39,000 chips.
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board. Kazuki Ikeuchi moved all in for 17,950. Le thought for awhile and managed to talk himself into a call. Ikeuchi clearly didn't want a call with 
for second pair, and he was shocked to see he was actually ahead. Le had called with 
for the same pair, worse kicker. The river was the 
, and Ikeuchi doubled up in surprising fashion. "He went crazy," said another player at the table, pointing to Le. Le is now down to 13,000.
against Lee's 
. The turn brought the 
and helped Lee, giving her a few more outs against Cohen. Needing a queen or an ace on the river, Lee looked on anxiously. The river card completed the board with the 
and didn't do it for Lee. She sent over the pot and dropped to 11,500. Cohen has a little under 30,000 chips.
. The pot was between 6,000 and 7,000 chips at the time. Le opted to increase the price of things and raised to 5,600. His opponent tank-called.
, but Le tabled the winner with the 
and his opponent the 
, and the preflop raiser continued out with a bet of 4,000. This time Benton was the only caller, and the two men went heads-up to the 
for a straight and flush draw. Do did hold the 
and then the river the 
. Do was all in for 7,900 and doubled to over 17,000 chips.