We didn't see the preflop betting action and picked up just as the flop was being dealt. Rodion Salamatin led for 700 from the small blind and Amit Ajwani made it 3,150 from the button.
Salamatin tried take the lead again by betting 4,000 on the turn. Ajwani thought for a minute and ended up just making the call. The river came and Salamatin checked to Ajwani who moved all in for 7,625.
Salamatin played with his chips a while and made the call. You could sense Ajwani knew he was good, as he quickly turned over . And he was as Salamtin mucked his hand.
We just saw Aaron Lim making his round around the tournament floor.
After inspecting his table and noticing no chips in his seat, it is safe to say that 2013 APPT Seoul and WSOP APAC gold bracelet winner has been eliminated from the tournament.
Patty Pei Yu Lai opened from middle position to 700 and action folded to the blinds, who both made the call.
The blinds proceeded to check the flop over to Lai who made it 1,600 to go. Both blinds came along and all three players saw the turn. After it checked around, the was dealt and again it was checked around. The small blind turned over the for a pair of nines.
Lai waited a lengthly few seconds for the big blind's cards to officially make it to the muck before he turned over to show a pair of rivered tens. Players at the table started to laugh at the slow roll and one player even said "always drama," indicating this might be a common occurrence at the table.
We arrived at the table just as the player in middle position was checking his option on a flop. Nick Wong was also in the hand, and bet out 2,725 from late position, which was called.
The turn brought the , and again Wong's opponent checked. Wong then moved all in for 27,100 which was instantly snap-called.
Wong:
Opponent:
Wong's opponent had flopped the full house, and took down the pot when the river came a meaningless .
Zhenye Duan opened with all in for 12,225 from early position. Team PokerStars Pro Celina Lin made the call from middle position and the rest of the table folded.
It was a race for Duan's tournament life when he tabled and Lin revealed .
Duan couldn't find any help on the board and he said his goodbyes to the table.
There will be no back-to-back titles for Alexandre Chieng, after he was just spotted exiting the tournament floor.
Last year's APPT Macau champion was nursing a stack of 5,000 when he returned from the break, and was unable to make anything happen during this level.