Vivian Im's tournament has come to an end at the hands of Ka Cheong Wong.
Raymond Wu informed PokerNews that she was down to 8,400 when she raised all but 400 of her chips. Wong called to see an flop before setting her in for her last 400. She called and opened jack-eight which was ahead of Wong's ace-deuce until an ace appeared on the river to ruin her day.
A player opened for 2,500 preflop before Haxton called and Wang shoved all in. The opener called the all in of about 16,000. Haxton then decided to shove all in with almost 120,000 behind, putting the original raiser at risk. He eventually folded, leaving Haxton heads up against Wang. Haxton held and Wang . The board ran out and Wang doubled up.
Ka Cheong Wong just won a race to knock a player out.
Chip leader Yasuhiro Ojiri opened to 2,300 and the next player in shoved for 23,000. Wong called and, after a moment Ojiri folded leaving the two players heads up. Wong had and his opponent had . The board ran out and Wong scored the knockout and won the pot.
Connor Drinan proved a difficult opponent for Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang. The latter had to empty the clip to prize him off a hand.
The board read and Huang bet 3,100, 7,500 and all in for 32,000 on each street. Drinan called the first two bets but made a relatively quick river fold.
Yan Li has almost gotten back to the point she started the day at after hitting quads deuces versus Andrew Hinrichsen.
The turn was out and the board read . Hinrichsen bet 8,000 from the hijack and Li tank called from the big blind. The board completed with the and she took her time again before betting 13,000. Hinrichsen called but mucked upon seeing her for quads!
Players are now on a 10-minute break. Today there will be a break every two hours, which puts the break in the middle of the current level. When play resumes there will still be 60 minutes at the current level.