Guoliang Wei busted the very next hand but on the turn thought he we was good for a pot win. The river ruined his day though.
Xixiang Luo opened to 50,000 before Wei moved all in for 2,000 more. Sergey Lebedev called from the small blind and Luo called the extra too. The board came and Lebedev waited until the river before he bet 50,000. Luo raised to 170,000 and Lebedev folded showing the for a straight.
Wei also had a straight with (nuts on the turn) but Luo rivered the better straight with .
Thomas Ward has won several big pots this tournament and it seems that he is holding pocket kings every time. On this hand, he got all in for his tournament life against Zhou Zhou.
Zhou raised to 60,000 preflop and Ward reraised to 155,000 on the button. Zhou then took a moment before he four-bet to 300,000. Ward hesitated only a little before he decided to shove all in. Zhou snap called and showed for the second time at the final table. The first time he had aces he doubled up off 9th place finisher Guoliang Wei, leaving him with barely two blinds.
Ward had what could be his favorite hand of the tournament, and was at risk. The board ran out and Ward flopped a set and stayed ahead to double up.
Just when it looked like Thomas Ward was going to make another massive jump up the leaderboard, Nan Tu won a 1.2-million chip pot.
Ward raised to 55,000 and Tu called, leaving the two players heads up to the flop of . Ward led out for 75,000 and Tu called.
The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the and Ward checked to Tu. Tu bet 375,000. Ward didn't take too long to call, but when Tu turned over for a boat Ward too far less time to muck his after showing it to Tu.
Tournament Director Danny McDonagh had planned to end the day's play at the end of this level but Conor Drinan wanted to carry on until six remain as that's what the structure stated. The two came to a compromise that play will be extended 30 minutes into level 26 to see if they can lose one more player. If not, play will stop then and resume tomorrow at 2pm tomorrow.
Qi Luo raised to 55,000 preflop in early position. Zhou Zhou called from the big blind. Both players checked the flop of . The turn was the and Zhou bet 75,000. Luo called. The river was the and Zhou led out for 175000 leaving only about 105,000 behind.
Luo seemed like he had a big decision. He went into the tank for quite some time and eventually had the clock called on him. He decided to fold and Zhou took down the pot.
There were 32 entrants and seven reentries on Day 1 of the HK$500,000 Super High Roller. At the end of the first day of play, Vladimir Troyanovskiy led the talented field, with Phanlert Sukonthatchartnant finishing in second.
John Juanda, Stephen Chidwick, Zuo Wang, Mustapha Kanit, and Mikita Badziakouski all reentered once, while David Peters was the only player to use both of his available reentries on the first day.
Troyanovskiy's stack of 1.601 million leads the way, Sukonthachartnant finished next with 1.476 million, and then Steve O'Dwyer, who is no stranger to success in Macau, bagged up the third-largest stack of 1.393 million. Behind them, Christoph Vogelsang (1.385 million) and Kitson Kho (1.263 million) rounded out the top five.
Play will resume on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 2:30 p.m. local time. PokerNews will bring you any major updates throughout the day, with full coverage of the final table on Sunday.
It looked like there might be an elimination on the last hand of the night, when Zhou Zhou shoved all in with his last 480,000.
Zhou raised to 70,000 preflop and Xixiang Luo reraised to 175,000. Zhou called and three hearts hit the flop . Zhou checked and Luo bet 140,000. Zhou raised all in and as the final seconds of the day had already ticked off, Luo folded and ended play.
Stay tuned for a recap of today's action as well as a brief wrap up of the Super High Roller.
and Lebedev waited until the river before he bet 50,000. Luo raised to 170,000 and Lebedev folded showing the 
for a straight. 
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. 
for the second time at the final table. The first time he had aces he doubled up off 9th place finisher Guoliang Wei, leaving him with barely two blinds.
and was at risk. The board ran out 
and Ward flopped a set and stayed ahead to double up.
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. The turn was the 
and Zhou bet 75,000. Luo called. The river was the 