Kihara Straightens Out Yuan
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Hoang Anh Do opened to 8,000 from under the gun and Naoya Kihara flat called from the next seat over. It folded around to Wang Ping Yuan who three-bet to 20,000 from the small blind. Do folded and Kihara stayed the course.
The flop brought 
and Kihara checked. Yuan continued out for 15,000 and Kihara took little time cutting out a raise to 35,000. Yuan responded by moving all in and Kihara snapped him off.
Kihara: 
Yuan: 
Yuan clapped when he saw that his middle set was currently the best hand. That jubilation, however, was short lived as the dealer produced the 
on the turn, giving Kihara a straight. Yuan failed to fill up when the 
finished off the board and Yuan was sent packing. The Team Online pro is now sitting on about 230,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000 | 159,000 |
|
Busted |
, but could not hold up against the 
held by Chane Kampanatsanyakakorn when the board ran out 
. Miyanaga checked and Li fired 10,500. Miyanaga stuck around to see the 
hit fourth street. He checked once more and Li bet 15,500. This was enough to prompt a fold and Li took down the pot.
and Li checked to Lim who bet 13,500. His three opponents folded and Lim took down the pot.
, Wang Ping Yuan checked over to Nicky Tao Jin who bet out an unknown amount. Yuan raised an unknown amount and Jin replied by moving all in for a bet totaling roughly about 130,000 total. Yuan went into the tank before finally opting to call.