The action folded to Edward Sabat in the small blind who moved all in to put maximum pressure on the short-stacked Tian Chen in the big blind. Chen looked down at his cards and snap-called.
Sabat:
Chen:
The flop came giving Chen top two pair and he looked set for a double-up. However the on the turn and a on the river gave Sabat a running flush to the roars of his entourage, as Chen heads to the rail in unfortunate circumstances in seventh place for $42,143.
With the dinner break approaching, play has slowed considerably. A raise before the flop has been enough to take the last several pots. We've also had a few limped pots that were taken down with a single bet on the flop.
Diwei Huang raised to 60,000 from the button before Edward Sabat popped it up to 225,000 from the big blind. Huang folded, flashing an ace as Sabat matched that with his own ace.
Sabat has certainly been the most unpredictable player at the table and now that he has some chips to play with we can expect him to continue to push the action after dinner.
Charles Chua came by media row just before play resumed and said that he had consumed half a bottle of whiskey at dinner to drown his sorrows from some beats that he took leading up to the last break. We thought he might be taking the piss but he had a bottle of whiskey on a service table near his seat and took several liberal swigs from it during the first few hands of post-dinner play.
Someone else must have thought it was not a good idea for Chua to be consuming so much booze while still alive in the tournament. During the recent all-in confrontation between Kuok Wai Will Cheong and Edward Sabat, the whiskey bottle disappeared from the service table.
Edward Sabat has been busy, busy, busy since we came back from dinner. Mikael Rosen raised to 75,000 preflop and was called only by Sabat from the small blind. The flop was a very dry . Sabat checked it over to Rosen, who bet 110,000. Sabat made the call.
On the turn , Sabat checked again. Rosen went into the tank for over a minute before finally settling on a bet of 250,000. Sabat took less time before he made the call. The river was the , which both players checked. Sabat opened first, showing . That was a winner when Rosen mucked.
Diwei Huang opened with a raise to 60,000 and Edward Sabat made the call out of the small blind. Jeppe Drivsholm also called from the big blind and they saw a flop of .
Sabat and Drivsholm checked to Huang who made a continuation bet of 100,000. Sabat and Drivsholm both made the call as another big pot was developing.
The landed on the turn and the action checked around. The fell on the river and Sabat led out with a small bet of 75,000. Drivsholm made the call and Huang folded.
Sabat showed for a rivered two pair as Drivsholm tossed his cards into the muck.