The seat of Jia Liang was vacated and we were about to ask Daniel Lee what happened when the American got value out of turned trips with on a board of . The valuebet of Lee was called and he moved up to 230,000 chips. His recent profit also came off the elimination of Jia Liang as well.
"He shoved 56k from under the gun plus one and I called with nines," the American said. "He had off suit".
A trio of players that increased their stack nicely can be found in the update below. Special mention for Jordan Kaplan, who started the day as one of the shorties with just over starting stack and is now above average.
Jia Liang tried to steal the pot on an board with a bet of 15,500, however table neighbor Kwet Yoong Lim Sam made the call and flashed his . Normally Liang would have had to show first as last aggressor on the river, but now simply mucked his cards and fell down even further in the counts.
Chris Yeow Chung Chong paid off a 15,500-valuebet of Fan Zhao on an ace-high board with four diamonds and then mucked when he was shown the by his opponent. Chong is now down to less than 20 big blinds and in the red zone.
After the elimination of Fabio Fumagalli, the screens updated to 69 players remaining and that means the money is only 10 spots away. Who will make it and who has to go home empty-handed? Watch this space to find out.
The player under the gun plus one raised it up to 5,200 before Weiyi Zhang bumped it up to 13,000 from the button. Fabio Fumagalli was in the small blind and moved all in for his remaining 29,300 in chips. With the decision back on the original raiser, he thought for a minute, before releasing his hand. Zhang took a moment to take everything in before making the call.
Fumagalli:
Zhang:
Fumagalli was in front with his ace high until the board came down . Zhang spiked a nine on the flop to take the lead and end up with the pot following the hand.
Enkhbat Nanzaddorj open-shoved for 31,200 and was flat-called by the player from one seat over as well as Jia Liang in the big blind. The two remaining active players checked down the board and Nanzaddorj showed . His opponent from one seat over mucked and Liang had no better hand either, he flashed .
Jia Liang opened to 5,500 from under the gun and Heyu Li flat-called before a short stack pushed all in from one seat over for 25,000. Liang mucked but Li opted for the call with . It was a flip against the of the player at risk and Li spiked both over cards straight away on the flop.
Neither the turn nor the river changed anything and Li improved to an above-average stack.
on a board of 
. The valuebet of Lee was called and he moved up to 230,000 chips. His recent profit also came off the elimination of Jia Liang as well.
off suit".
board with a bet of 15,500, however table neighbor Kwet Yoong Lim Sam made the call and flashed his 
. Normally Liang would have had to show first as last aggressor on the river, but now simply mucked his cards and fell down even further in the counts.
by his opponent. Chong is now down to less than 20 big blinds and in the red zone.
. Zhang spiked a nine on the flop to take the lead and end up with the pot following the hand.
. His opponent from one seat over mucked and Liang had no better hand either, he flashed 
. It was a flip against the 
of the player at risk and Li spiked both over cards straight away on the 
flop.
turn nor the 
river changed anything and Li improved to an above-average stack.