He called a three-bet pre flop with and shipped it in over a bet on the flop.
His heads-up opponent made the call for his tournament life with but could only watch in amazement as the turn came the to give Xu trips before the river made him a boat.
Anyang Xu has emerged as the midday chip leader here in Manila and is running over his table.
He recently defended his big blind against a 700-chip late position open. Xu and his heads-up opponent checked the flop, but when the turn came into play. Xu made it 2,000.
His opponent called, but folded when Xu bet 3,500 into the river. Xu flashed the just to let everyone know he was serious.
Team PokerStars Pro Celina Lin was left with what looked like a rather tough decision moments ago.
Her heads-up opponent had bet 6,000 into an 8,000-chip pot on the river of a board. She mulled it over for a minute or two before finally sliding in a call.
Her opponent showed but his busted gutter was no good against her . Second pair now has Lin back in decent shape after an up and down early part of the tournament.