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Devan Tang opened to 16,000 and Yat Wai Cheng called from the button before both players checked the 
flop.
When the turn landed the 
, Cheng bet out 28,000 and Tang called as the 
on the river saw Tang bet out 35,000. Cheng mucked and Tang collected the pot to move to 580,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
580,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Two years ago, Team Online's Randy Lew won the 2011 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau Main Event for HKD$3,772,000. Lew had his sights set on a second title in as many years here in Macau, but his dreams were recently crushed by Jonathan Depa.
It happened when Yifan Zheng opened for 16,000 under the gun and Jonathan Depa, who was next to act, made the call. Lew then moved all in for his last 110,000 from the hijack, Zheng folded, and Depa made the call.
Lew: 
Depa: 
It was the exact same situation as Kampanatsanyakorn's elimination an hour early, and once again both players would end up with a full house after the board ran out 
. Lew's was inconsequential though as he had hit it on the river after drawing dead on the turn. Lew exited to a nice round of applause and took home HKD$792,000 for his seventh-place finish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
860,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Yifan Zheng opened to 16,000 and both Sunny Jung and Yat Wai Cheng called from the blinds.
The 
board was checked down with Zheng tabling his 
to chop with Jung's 
.
Yifan Zheng opened to 16,000 and Devan Tang called from the button to see a 
flop. Zheng continued for 16,000 with Tang making the call as the turn landed the 
and Zheng checked.
Tang bet out 30,000 and Zheng instantly folded to give Tang the pot.
Randy Lew opened to 16,000 and Yoshitaka Okawa called from the big blind before betting out 24,000 on the 
flop with Lew making the call.
The turn of the saw Okawa bet out 37,000 and Lew promptly mucked while slipping to 130,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
130,000
-72,000
|
-72,000 |
|
|
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Chenxiang Miao opened the action for 16,000 from early position and received a call from chip leader Yifan Zheng. Devan Tang tagged along from the big blind and three players saw a flop of 
. Tang checked, Miao moved all in for 95,500, and Zheng made the call.
At this point Tang grabbed three towers of yellow T5,000 chips and slid out a check-raise to 300,000. Zheng stared down his opponent for a five seconds or so and then announced that he was all in. Tang shot back in his chair in disbelief and eventually released his hand.
Miao: 
Zheng: 
Zheng had flopped the nuts, and that meant Miao needed running cards to stay alive. The turn took away any chance of that happening, and after the was run out on the river, he took his leave while Zheng was pushed the large pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,120,000
370,000
|
370,000 |
|
|
515,000
-325,000
|
-325,000 |
|
Busted |
Chenxiang Miao raised to 16,000 and Yifan Zheng, Devan Tang and Yoshitaka Okawa all called to see a 
flop that was checked round.
The turn of the was also checked through before Tang led for 30,000 when the river landed the 
. Okawa and Zheng passed, but Zheng made the call only to fold once he saw Tang's for trips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
840,000
60,500
|
60,500 |
Action folded to Yifan Zheng on the button and he opened for 16,000. Jonathan Depa proceeded to three-bet to 49,000 from the small blind, the big folded, and Zheng four-bet to 115,000. Depa thought for a few moments before making the call, and then both players checked the 
flop.
After the dealer burned and turned the , Depa bet 125,000 and Zheng made a relatively quick call. Both players returned to checking on the river and Depa showed the for a missed flush. Zheng then tabled the for top pair and the win.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,750,000
236,500
|
236,500 |
|
|
700,000
-279,500
|
-279,500 |
Chenxiang Miao opened to 16,000 from the cutoff only to have Yat Wai Cheng three-bet to 41,000 from the button. Miao made the call before both players checked the 
flop.
The turn of the saw Miao lead out for 45,000 with Cheng calling as the landed on the river and Miao pushed out 70,000.
Cheng looked at Miao's stack a few times before sliding out an assortment of yellow 5,000 and red 25,000-denomination chips to signify a raise to 300,000 to effectively put Miao all in.
Miao paused for a few moments before eventually tossing his hand to the muck to slip to 160,000 as Cheng climbed over 1.3 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,330,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
|
160,000
-165,000
|
-165,000 |
It took just five hands for the first elimination of the day to occur. It happened when a short-stacked Chane Kampanatsanyakorn moved all in under the gun for 80,000 and action folded all the way around to Yat Wai Cheng in the big blind. Cheng thought for about 45 seconds and then made the call.
Cheng: 
Kampanatsanyakorn:
"Snap," someone on the other end of the table said, referring to the amount of time it took Cheng to call with a quality hand. Meanwhile, Kampanatsanyakorn was up out of his set and preparing to make his exit. The dealer then burned and began to put out the flop, which had the in the window. Kampanatsanyakorn's supporters began to cheer, but they were quieted when the and followed it.
"Wow, what a flop," another railbird quipped. The set-over-set flop left Kampanatsanyakorn drawing to either running straight cards or the case seven, and the turn made it so only the latter option was available. The dealer burned one last time and put out the 
. Kampanatsanyakorn missed and was sent to the rail in ninth place for HKD$495,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,170,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
Busted |
