Victorino Torres check-called a bet of 20,000 from Xing Zhou on the board before seeing the fall on the river. Torres checked, and after a minute or so in the tank, Zhou checked back. Torres tried to get tricky with the for a full house, and Zhou mucked.
A player in early position raised to 4,000 and Xing Zhou three-bet to 9,000 from the cutoff. Team PokerStars Pro Raymond Wu sat in the small blind and he cold-called the re-raise. The initial raiser called as well.
On a board the hand was checked down to the river. Wu decided to bet 12,000 on the river and Zhou called.
From early position, Zhongwei Wang opened with a raise to 4,000. Paolo Compagno made the call from the cutoff seat, then action folded to 2010 PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event champion Victorino Torres in the big blind. Torres reraised to 14,800, and both of his opponents folded.
Team PokerStars Pro Angel Guillen was just spotted strolling around the tournament area, and he explained to us how he was eliminated.
Guillen moved all in from the cutoff with for 13 big blinds and the player in the small blind decided to call. The WSOP bracelet winner was up against and couldn't catch what was necessary to survive.
Jay Tan did not have a good level, and it ended up resulting in her elimination. We heard that she moved all in over a raise and Marcus Lau called her shove with . Tan turned over and failed to dodge both the ace and the king. The ace popped up on the flop, and the king on the river sealed the deal.
Rahul Byrraju just manifested himself as one of the favorites with 43 players remaining in the tournament after picking off a huge bluff. It all started when Byrraju raised it up to 4,000 preflop. Two players called among which Aidan Tam in the big blind.
The flop came down and the action was checked around. On the turn the hit and Tam lead out for 5,600. Both Byrraju and the third player made the call.
On the river the showed up and Tam checked. Byrraju fired out 19,500 and the third player decided to call. The action was now back on Tam who decided to check-raise all in for 110,700. Byrraju gave it some thought and ended up making the call. The third player folded instantly after that.
Byrraju quickly turned over his , and the dealer showed Tam's .
"I play so bad," Tam sighed as he made his way to the exit. Byrraju is doing very well and makes his way into the top five.