Out of the big blind, Vivian Im had a raise to 1,300 in front of her and Lante Zhang reraised to 3,275. Im was not buying it and squeezed to 6,925 in order to enforce a fold. At the very same table is also Scott Davies, who finished third in the HK$50,000 Freezeout last night and previously won an event here in Macau last year.
Yaxi Zhu just appeared on our radar and she was sitting in the big blind with a pot of 4,400 having emerged in a heads-up flop of . Zhu led for 2,500 but folded to the 6,000-raise of an opponent in early position.
Yong Lin had already more than doubled his stack and min-raised out of the small blind to see Xing Zhou call from one seat over. On the flop, Lin made a bet of 300 and was called before firing the turn for 1,100. Again, Zhou called and the river killed any possible betting action.
Lin flipped over for a busted flush draw while Zhou scooped the pot with .
"I don't want the hand on the blog, that's how bad it was. It was all in pre," Thomas Ward said with a wry smile and walked out of the tournament area. After a rather short and bad day at the office, he can now relax or jump into the juicy cash game action while everyone else still has / wants to play another six levels and bag some chips for Day 2.
Randy Lew flat-called a raise to 450 while sitting on the button and saw a heads-up flop of . His opponent continued for 600 and the PokerStars Team Online member made the call before checking behind the on the turn. The fell on the river and Lew folded to a delayed second barrel worth 1,000 by the initial preflop aggressor.
The hand started with PokerStars Team Pro Bryan Huang raising to 500 from under the gun. He was called by the player in the cut off as well as the small blind before the three watched the flop come down .
The player in the small blind then bet out 850 and was met with a call from Huang. The player in the cut off then bumped it up to 1,750 which was called twice before the dropped on the turn. This time the action checked to the cut off who reached for his chips and placed out 5,500. The small blind agonised over his decision for over a minute before making the call.
Huang also made the call before the completed the board. All three players then opted to check before cards were tabled. The small blind tabled his for two pair before Huang rolled over his for a higher two pair. The player in the cut off then exposed his for trip fours which was good enough to take down the pot.
Huang drops down to 12,200 in chips following the hand.
"I only beat queen-ten," Kim Wittendorff said in the last hand before the break while staring at a board of . His opponent had bet 1,500 and the Dane sat in the big blind. Ultimately he made the call and was promptly shown the to nod and muck his cards.
. Zhu led for 2,500 but folded to the 6,000-raise of an opponent in early position.
flop, Lin made a bet of 300 and was called before firing the 
turn for 1,100. Again, Zhou called and the 
river killed any possible betting action.
for a busted flush draw while Zhou scooped the pot with 
.
. His opponent continued for 600 and the PokerStars Team Online member made the call before checking behind the 
on the turn. The 
fell on the river and Lew folded to a delayed second barrel worth 1,000 by the initial preflop aggressor.
dropped on the turn. This time the action checked to the cut off who reached for his chips and placed out 5,500. The small blind agonised over his decision for over a minute before making the call. 
for two pair before Huang rolled over his 
for a higher two pair. The player in the cut off then exposed his 
