With 10,000 chips already in the pot and the board showing , the small blind moved in for his last 4,000. Guo Liang Xu, who has been near the top of the leader board since we started play, went into the tank for at least three minutes. He finally mucked king-queen face up. He was rewarded for his decision when the small blind flash ace-queen as he collected the pot.
With a limper in front, a player in late position made it 825 to go with two players, including Celina Lin making the call.
The flop came down and the action checked to Lin on the button who fired 2,200 and received one caller.
The turn brought the and it was checked to Lin again who this time fired a healthy 5,000 into the middle. Her opponent thought for a moment before folding, giving Lin the pot as she climbs to 20,200 chips.
We missed the action, but caught the result. On a board of , Michael "Timex" McDonald was put to the test when his opponent raised enough to put him all in. McDonald tanked for two minutes but ultimately made the correct decision when he called with . His opponent could only muster up ace-high with .
Guray Turkay has been busy at his table. He raised another pot preflop, this time to 650, and was reraised by the big blind to 1,800. Turkay made the call to see a flop of . He called his opponent's bet of 2,000 on the flop. When the turn fell , Turkay's opponent checked it over to him. He promptly bet 4,000, causing his opponent to go into the tank for two minutes before finally, reluctantly, folding.
Three players were in a recent pot at Michael "Timex" McDonald's table. With the board showing , the big blind checked. A player in middle position made it 1,200 to go, a bet which McDonald called. The big blind then check-raised up to 4,500, folding the middle position player. McDonald again called.
Both players checked when the river fell . The big blind showed for top pair, enough to take down the pot. McDonald slipped back to 10,000 after the hand was over.
John Juanda
John Juanda has been quietly chipping up through the first three levels of play but recently lost some ground. He bet 1,200 on a flop of and was called by the button. Both players checked the turn when it came . The river was another Broadway card -- the . Juanda bet 2,400, but had to let his hand go when the button raised to 6,000.
Andrew Meldrum is out. Short of chips, he pushed all in preflop with pocket nines and ran into another player's pocket aces. That player promptly flopped a full house, . There was no miracle of running fives or running nines for Meldrum.
Sam Faqiryar also took a small hit to his stack. He got all in preflop with pocket jacks against a short stack who turned over pocket aces. Aces held up to lower Faqiryar's stack to about 28,000.
Josh Pang Ang can now get some sleep
Chun Jung Hee opened with a raise to 550 and Josh Pang Ang made the call. The flop came down and Hee led out for 1,000. Ang bumped it up to 1,500 and Hee called.
The turn was the and Hee checked to Ang who moved all in for his last 4,100. Hee tanked for a long time before he again made the call and tabled to hold the lead over Ang's .
The river was the to send Ang to the rail as Hee recovers some chips to be back to 19,600.