We arrived in time to see Jeffrey Chotikul all in and at risk before the flop for his last 90,000. Chotikul was up against Gabriel Le Jossec who both had him covered and dominated.
Chotikul:
Le Jossec:
The board fell down , keeping Le Jossec's kings out in front. Chotikul hit the rail and Le Jossec boosted his stack to right around 400,000.
Celina Lin opened the action from under the gun, got a call from Dong Guo and then Dimitar Danchev bumped it up to 15,300. The blinds folded and when Lin called Guo mulled it over but left them to it.
The flop was and Lin check-called a bet of 11,100 from Danchev. The turn card was the and a further bet of 25,200 saw Lin make the call to see the river card . A final check from Lin saw Danchev stare at the board before betting 50,100.
The bet represented nearly half of Lin’s remaining stack but call she did and mucked upon seeing Danchev table the . Lin indicated to Guo that she had and wasn’t best please about the result. Danchev just quietly stacked the chips to his ever growing pile.
We arrived after the action to find Terrence Chan scooping a massive pot. From what we can gather, Chan flopped two pair and was able to eliminate Terry Gonzaga from play in a massive clash. Chan now holds the tournament chip lead with around 600,000.
Jeffrey Chotikul opened with a raise to 4,800 and action folded over to Team PokerStars Pro Raymond Wu in middle position. He three-bet shipped for 26,200, eliciting folds from the rest of the players at the table. Action was back on Chotikul and he called.
Chotikul:
Wu:
The board ran out , keeping Chotikul's cowboys out in front. Wu hit the rail and Chotikul increased his stack to 185,000.
Patrick Pavone opened the action and faced a three-bet from Huidong Gu. Pavone put in the calling chips and it was heads-up to a flop of .
Pavone checked it over to Gu and he carefully counted out a bet of 23,500. Pavone mulled it over and made the call. The turn card saw another check from Pavone and havibg counted his stack Gu moved all in.
Pavone slumped back in his chair, eyes to the ceiling. After some thought he threw in his face up. “Show the jacks.” another player said but Gu pointed at the king.
“Unbelievable.” Pavone muttered, things just not going his way today.
Shinobu Tanaka opened the action and Raymond Wu moved all in for 12,600. Despite expressions of interest from a few players it folded back round to Tanaka who made the call with . Wu tabled .