Jordan Westmorland stays in the tournament after doubling off chip leader Yuguang Li. Westmorland got 
in against Li's 
. A king came on the flop and the run out kept Westmorland ahead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
470,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
140,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
Yuguang Li has been trending up since the middle of Day 2. He's now over 500,000 and shows no signs of slowing down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
530,000
89,700
|
89,700 |
|
Busted |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
The big name players are falling here in the first level. The latest to go was Isaac Haxton.
He three-bet all in with jack-nine suited after Russell Thomas had opened. Thomas called with ace-king and Haxton failed to improve.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000
100,800
|
100,800 |
|
|
Busted |
KC Wong got the better of Erik Seidel today.
Wong raised his button before Seidel three-bet to 13,500 from the small blind. Wong came back with a four-bet to 30,000 and called after Seidel shoved for around 80,000.
Seidel: 
Wong: 
The board ran 
to send the poker legend on his way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
175,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
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Yat Wai Cheng has found success so far, being one of the first to break 300,000 early in Day 2 and is now back over the 300,000 mark after eliminated Adrian Brion.
Connor Drinan opened for 5,000 and Cheng and Alexander Kuzmin called before Brion shoved all in for his remaining 17,800. Drinan folded and Cheng called before Kuzmin also folded leaving Cheng and Brion heads up for all the chips.
Brion had 
and Cheng had 
. The board didn't help Brion when it came 
and gave the pot with Cheng.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
328,000
39,500
|
39,500 |
|
Busted |
Ryan Yum was left short after doubling up PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang and got all of his remaining chips in against Tse Jui Tsai. Tsai had him dominated with . Yum held 
. The board ran out 
and that was all she wrote for Yum.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
165,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
Busted |
Andy Chan raised preflop to 4,500 from the cutoff. Michael Addamo reraised from the big blind to 22,500. Chan needed about 40 seconds before he called. The flop came 
and Addamo checked. Chan seized the opportunity and bet 25,000, which was enough to get Addamo to let it go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
189,000
-38,200
|
-38,200 |
|
||
|
166,000
-12,100
|
-12,100 |
I'm sure Thomas Ward has had worse starts to a day at the table. He's more than tripled his stack already with the latest bunch of chips coming at the expense of Shawm Buchanan's tournament life.
Ward opened to 4,500 from mid position and called after Buchanan three-bet all in for around 35,000 from the hijack.
Ward: 
Buchanan: 
The board ran 
to send Buchanan to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
346,100
136,100
|
136,100 |
|
Busted | |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
