Ying Kit Chan just raised to 10,000 preflop after which the last woman standing, Yuri Ishida, moved all in for 75,500. The action was folded to Gary Lam in the big blind, and after about two minutes he decided to make the call. The action was now back in Chan who quickly decided to four-bet to 151,000. Chan didn't seem too happy, but he ended up calling.
The flop brought out and Lam check-folded to Chan's shove.
Ying Kit Chan:
Yuri Ishida:
The board ran out , and Ishida was knocked out while Lam took a huge hit to his stack. Chan is now among the chip leaders.
From the cutoff seat, Andrew Gaw opened with a raise to 10,500. Henry Wang put in a reraise to 52,500 from the small blind, and Gaw made the call.
On the flop, Wang checked, and Gaw bet 40,000. "Make it 120,000," was the response from Wang as he check-raised to that amount. After tanking for a minute or two, Gaw made the call.
The turn was the , and Wang quickly moved all in for right around 240,000. Gaw snap-folded and did so in disgust.
From under the gun plus one, Tom Alner raised to 10,500. Seungsoo Jeon from Korea made the call from the small blind, and the flop came out . After Jeon checked, Alner fired a continuation bet of 20,500. Jeon made the call.
The turn paired the board with the falling, and Jeon checked. Jeon had about 137,000 in chips when he checked fourth street, and Alner sized his bet at 50,500. Jeon check-raised all in, and Alner snapped, which meant bad news for Jeon's . Alner held a full house with the .
The river completed the board with the , and Alner won the pot. He had Jeon covered to send him to the rail in 21st place.
Alner began the day with 158,000 in chips, but has skyrocketed up the leader board and now has over half a million in chips.
Raiden Kan started the day fourth in chips, but after only thirty minutes of play he's now one of the short stacks. Andrew Hinrichsen just moved all in for 89,000 chips and Kan decided to call. Seungsoo Jeon folded out of turn from the big blind, and Tri Huynh also ended up kicking his cards in. He showed that he had , but the showdown was heads up between Hinrichsen and Kan.
Andrew Hinrichsen:
Raiden Kan:
The board ran out , and Hinrichsen regained some strength.
From early position, Raiden Kan raised to 11,500. Seungsoo Jeon made the call from the cutoff seat, then Xing Zhou called on the button. After that, play moved over to Tom Alner in the big blind. He reraised all in for 140,000. Kan called, then the other two folded.
Kan tabled the emphatically to have Alner on the ropes with the .
On the flop, Alner hit an ace, but the also gave Kan a set of kings and really dampened Alner's chances.
The turn helped Alner big time when the gave him trips and allowed him still to have a chance.
The river delivered a massive amount of excitement from everyone looking on when the fell as Alner had spiked runner-runner full house to crack Kan's kings.
James McCarty was all in preflop with pocket sevens against for Alan Sass. A smashing flop came down for Sass when the dealer rolled out to give him a straight. The turn was a and the river an to send McCarty out the door.
McCarty became the first player eliminated on the day in 22nd place, and he earned HKD$173,000 for his finish. Sass moved to 225,000 in chips.
Aaron Lim and Henry Wang just clashed again, and this time there was no split pot. Lim raised to 10,500 and Andrew Gaw decided to call. Wang moved all in from the big blind, and Lim decided to make the call.
Aaron Lim:
Henry Wang:
The board ran out , and Wang doubled up to a very healthy 300,000-chip stack.
On a flop it was Raiden Kan who took a shot at eliminating Tri Huynh in 22nd place. Kan however wasn't in good shape when the cards were turned over.
Raiden Kan:
Tri Huynh:
The board ran out , and Huynh doubled up. Just a few hands later Kan raised again after which Huynh shoved all in preflop. Kan decided to fold and he's been having a touch first level so far while Huynh is off to a great start.
From middle position, Seungsoo Jeon opened with a raise to 11,000. Xing Zhou reraised from the next position in the hijack seat to 31,000, and action folded back to Jeon. He called to see the flop come down . After Jeon checked, Zhou bet 36,000. Jeon called.
The turn was the , and both players checked. The river was the , and both players checked again.
On the very first hand Henry Wang raised to 24,000 from early position, and the action was folded to Aaron Lim in the big blind. Lim enquired how much Wang had behind, and he said he started the day with 145,000.
Lim ended up moving all in, and Wang snap-called.
Henry Wang:
Aaron Lim:
The flop brought and Wang still had a chance to win with running diamonds. the turn was the , and Wang stood up rooting for another diamond. The river brought out the , and the pot was split up.
and Lam check-folded to Chan's shove.
, and Ishida was knocked out while Lam took a huge hit to his stack. Chan is now among the chip leaders.
flop, Wang checked, and Gaw bet 40,000. "Make it 120,000," was the response from Wang as he check-raised to that amount. After tanking for a minute or two, Gaw made the call.
, and Wang quickly moved all in for right around 240,000. Gaw snap-folded and did so in disgust.
. After Jeon checked, Alner fired a continuation bet of 20,500. Jeon made the call.
falling, and Jeon checked. Jeon had about 137,000 in chips when he checked fourth street, and Alner sized his bet at 50,500. Jeon check-raised all in, and Alner snapped, which meant bad news for Jeon's 
. Alner held a full house with the 
, and Alner won the pot. He had Jeon covered to send him to the rail in 21st place.
for Alan Sass. A smashing flop came down for Sass when the dealer rolled out 
to give him a straight. The turn was a 
and the river an 
to send McCarty out the door.
, 
. After Jeon checked, Zhou bet 36,000. Jeon called.
and Wang still had a chance to win with running diamonds. the turn was the 
, and the pot was split up.