TJ Vorapanich was all in for his last 51,000 after John Chong raised to 25,000 from the small blind. Vorapanich was in the big blind. He had the 
and was surprisingly dominating the 
of Chong. After the board ran out 
to the turn, the river nailed the felt with a 
and gave Chong the elimination of Vorapanich.
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A few hands after taking a 280,000-chip pot from Kai Paulsen, Kenny Nielsen tangled with Victorino Torres. Nielsen raised to 28,000 under the gun, and it folded all the way around to Torres, who defended his big blind.
Flop: 
- Torres checked to Nielsen, who bet 30,000. Torres called.
Turn: 
- Torres check-called another 55,000.
River: - This time, Torres decided to take the reigns, betting 75,000. It took Nielsen a good three minutes to decide what to do, but he made the right decision. As soon as he called, Torres tapped the table and went to muck. He waited to see Nielsen's 
before giving up his cards though. Nielsen is nearing 700,000.
John Chong raised to 28,000 preflop from middle position. Binh Nguyen flatted on the button and the two took a flop of 
. Chong checked his action before Nguyen fired 45,000. Chong immediately announced that he was all in and quickly Nguyen called.
Nguyen held top pair and a backdoor flush draw with the 
. Chong held bottom pair and a flush draw with the 
.
The cameras rushed as the crowd of onlookers gathered around the table. The turn card was dealt and the 
hit the felt, giving Chong a flush. If he hit his flush, Nguyen wanted him to do so on the turn so that he could have a chance at the redraw. The river was the 
though and that wasn't what Nguyen needed.
Nguyen won the last stop on the APPT two months ago in March in Manilla. He finished this run in 13th place, an astounding run in back-to-back APPT events.
Wee Yee Tan open shoved for 173,000 when it folded to him on the button, and Albert Kim called in the big blind. Kim was far in front with 
to Tan's . But Tan took over the lead when the flop came and filled up on the turn. The 
river didn't change anything, and Tan doubled through Kim.
Jonas Kronwitter has been mumbling to himself for a couple orbits now, unable to find anything close to a poker hand with which to get his short stack into the pot. In the first of two blind hands we picked up, the table folded around to Brian Green who moved all in from the small blind, putting Kronwitter to another decision in the big. Kronwitter squeezed his cards slowly, then angrily open-mucked 
, turning back to complain once again to his railbird friends.
On the next hand, the table again folded around to the blinds, and this time Kronwitter shoved his 96,000-chip stack into the middle. In the big blind, Victorino Torres counted out the chips and tanked it up for a minute or two before making the call with the covering stack. With Kronwitter now at risk (and finally smiling, oddly), the cards were turned up:
Kronwitter: 
Torres:
The flop brought a huge, "YES!" from Kronwitter as it rolled out , vaulting him into the lead with trips. The turn 
and river filled out the board, and that spells a much-needed double up for the German pro. He's back over the 200,000-chip mark but still the short stack in the room.
Samuel Aronov raised from under the gun to 32,000. John Chong flatted on the button and then Cole Swannack reraised to 92,000. Aronov folded, but Chong came along for the ride. And what a ride it was about to be for Chong.
The flop came down and Swannack fired a bet of 104,000. Chong instantly announced all in and Swannack called equally as fast. Chong held the 
, but was crushed by the 
of Swannack.
The turn brought the 
and the river the 
. Chong couldn't find another nine and was forced to ship over a massive portion of his stack to Swannack. Swannack was all in for 458,000 total on the flop and now is the new chip leader with about 1.15 million chips. Chong was left with 621,000.
With twelve left, it's time for another break. Please let the water girls/stunning models in six inch platform heels sit down.
Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Here's a look at the 12 remaining stacks left in play. Cole Swannack is leading the way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,152,000 | |
|
||
|
|
905,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
710,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
695,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
621,000 | |
|
520,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
||
|
465,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
418,000
-355,000
|
-355,000 |
|
|
360,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
|
360,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |
|
|
||
|
200,000 | |
|
175,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
From the cutoff seat, Samuel Aronov opened the pot with a raise to 40,000. That folded the table to John Chong's big blind, and Chong quickly stacked out a reraise to 136,000 and slid it across the felt. Aronov didn't waste too much time moving all in for a bit over 300,000, and Chong quickly called to put his man at risk.
Showdown
Aronov: 
Chong: 
The flop was dry and the turn was a disaster, and the board of left Aronov drawing dead by fourth street and resigned to his 12th-place finish. He'll pocket 178,200 HKD for his work over the past three days.
