Nicolas Cardyn opened to 13,000 from early position and Wei Zhang moved all in for around 90,000 in chips out of the hijack seat. The Frenchman quickly called with and had the dominating kicker to the of his opponent. On a board of , there was no help for the Chinese and he exited in 35th place.
Si Cong Hao three-bet shoved for around 100,000 in chips and initial raiser Huidong Gu made the call with the . Hao was flipping with and the board ran out safely for Gu with . He politely greeted his opponent with a traditional gesture and Hao was off to collect his winnings.
It has been a horrendous start for chip leader Xiaohua Fu while Fan Zhao has moved into the top spot on around 800k in chips. And to make things worse, Nicolas Cardyn also just doubled up through Fu as well.
The Chinese raised to 17,000 from under the gun and called a 41,000-three-bet of the Frenchman, who was sitting in the hijack seat. On the flop, Fu check-raised from 50,000 to 112,000 and Cardyn moved all in for another 111,000 on top. Fu reluctantly called and flipped over but was in bad shape against the of the Frenchman.
With the turn and river, Cardyn moved up to more than half a million in chips while Fu has been cut down to half of that.
Ke Jing Li raised to 13,000 from middle position before Bruno Reboli moved all in for his remaining 43,000 from the cut off. The table folded back around to Li who made the call before both players tabled their cards.
Li:
Reboli:
Reboli started with the best hand but it wouldn't last as the board ran out to see Li make a flush to take down the pot.
Cheng Ho moved all in for just short of 130,000 from under the gun. The decision folded to Xiaohua Fu in the hijack who made the quick call as everyone else got out of the way.
Ho:
Fu:
The board ran out to see Ho catch a king on the river to win with the higher pair. Ho now has 270,000 in chips following the hand. Fu drops down to 555,000 in chips.
Haoxiang Shi raised to 16,000 from the cut off and watched as the action folded around to Hecheng Na on the big blind. He then moved all in for his remaining 47,000 in chips and was called.
Shi:
Na:
Na was looking in great shape to double with the over pair until the board ran out to see Shi spike a nine on the flop to give him a winning set.
After a flop of flop, Ningdan Shi made a continuation bet worth 25,000 and mucked his cards after Shen Ming Yin had check-raised all in out of the small blind.
As expected the action continued fast and furios. Shen Ming Yin and Chao Chen clashed in a preflop all in situation and both players had aces with weak kickers, though that would play a crucial role in the showdown.
Yin:
Chen:
The flop provided a pair of threes for Yin and bottom pair for Chen, who also held the nut flush draw. Both the turn and the river bricked and Chen headed to the payout desk.
and had the dominating kicker to the 
of his opponent. On a board of 
, there was no help for the Chinese and he exited in 35th place.
. Hao was flipping with 
and the board ran out safely for Gu with 
. He politely greeted his opponent with a traditional gesture and Hao was off to collect his winnings.
flop, Fu check-raised from 50,000 to 112,000 and Cardyn moved all in for another 111,000 on top. Fu reluctantly called and flipped over 
but was in bad shape against the 
of the Frenchman.
turn and 
river, Cardyn moved up to more than half a million in chips while Fu has been cut down to half of that.
to see Li make a flush to take down the pot.
to see Shi spike a nine on the flop to give him a winning set.
flop provided a pair of threes for Yin and bottom pair for Chen, who also held the nut flush draw. Both the 
to see Su unable to connect with the board as he was sent to the rail early on Day 3. For his efforts he’ll collect HKD$54,500.