Nick Wong has been able to double-up, after moving all in pre-flop holding against Kosei Ichinose who had . Wong didn't have it all his way though, only winning the hand on the river with a flush, after the board ran out
Nick Wong has finally hit the rail, after another all in didn’t go his way. He and Shuyang Yu got their chips into the middle pre-flop, with Wong holding against . Unfortunately for Wong, the board ran out to see him hit the rail.
It adds up to a great couple of weeks for Wong, who won the GuangDong Asia Millions Warm-Up event just over a week ago. It may not be all over just yet though, with the possibility that Wong may jump into the High Rollers event which started just over an hour ago.
With only three tables left in the main event, we still have three women in the field: Mei Ngok, Juicy Li and Jay Tan. (Vivian Im cashed but went out earlier.) The Team PokerStars Pro Celina Lin takes great pride in the success of women in the Asian game, as PokerStars Blog found out.
The action started with Yan Cui opening to 24,000 from the hijack, and found a call from Sixiao “Juicy” Li on the big blind. The flop came , and Li check-called a continuation bet of 35,000. The fell on the turn, and Li instantly moved all in for 201,000 in chips. Cui snap called, with more chips behind, as both players tabled their cards.
Cui:
Li:
“Super Draw!” remarked Li, with a double gut-shot straight draw and flush draw. The completed the board, to see Li miss her draw, as she made her way to the cashier.
Both Tomaz Yip and Kosei Ichinose both committed 20,000 pre-flop, as both players watched the flop come down . From there, both players got all their chips into the middle, and tabled what they had.
Yip:
Ichinose:
Ichinose had flopped bottom set, with Yip drawing to an up-and-down straight. The sealed it for Ichinose, as the irrelevant fell on the river.
The hand started with Jay Tan opening to 20,000 from the button, and found a call from Rauf Bikbulatov and Alexandre Chieng in the blinds. The flop came down as Bikbulatov checked. Chieng led out for 35,000, forcing a fold from Tan, before Bikbulatov moved all in over the top for his last 105,000. That was enough to take it down, as the Russian moves back up the leader board.