Action folded to Yong Zhi Jin, on the button who raised to 5,500. Raiden Kan reraised to 15,500 and Jin made the call. With two players to the flop, it came .
Kan checked over to Jin who bet 21,000, which gave Kan the opportunity to check-raise to 43,300. After a solid three-minute tank, Jin made the call.
That brought the turn and an all in from Kan. Jin went into the tank again and seemed to be close to calling but in the end, he ended up sliding his cards into the muck. The decisions are taking longer and the play is becoming more thoughtful as we are getting further into the day.
We've lost just two players in the last hour and that means still 42 players remain at this point. The average stack is 121,904 or 40 big blinds and in the upcoming hour we're expecting to see a lot more all ins.
An Tai Young raised from under the gun to 5,500. Quan Zhou called and everyone else bowed out. The flop came and Young continued for 9,000. Zhou raised to 19,000 and put Young to a decision. It didn't take too long before we heard "all in" from Young and a call from Zhou.
Young:
Zhou:
Young was looking for a diamond which he found when the came on the turn. It was followed by the river card which gave Young the double.
Elie Yamen just found himself a much needed double up as was down to his final four big blinds. The Australian PokerStars Qualifier ended up all in holding and he was up against Christian Haggert's .
The board ran out and Yamen doubled up, but he's not out of trouble just yet. Haggert meanwhile still sits on a very big stack.
Kelvin Beattie raised to 5,200 and he was three-bet in position by Kevin Petersen to 14,000. The action folded back to Beattie who took quite some time before eventually making the call.
The flop brought out and Beattie check-called 16,000 after, once again, taking his time.
The turn was the and Beattie checked quickly again giving Petersen a chance to keep firing. Petersen decided to do so and put 28,000 into the pot. Beattie tanked for several minutes before finally committing his chips.
On the river the completed the board and Beattie checked quickly a third time. Petersen moved all in after about 10 seconds and his total shove was for 45,900. Another two minutes went by and eventually Beattie pushed his cards towards the dealer.
Petersen won this big hand that took almost 15 minutes to complete and he's now among the biggest stacks in the room.
The action folded to Quan Zhou, in the small blind who bet 4,500. The big blind went all in for around 26,000. Zhou had him covered by a lot and made the call. Zhou showed and his opponent tabled . The flop of paired both players but Zhou maintained the lead through the turn and river. His opponent hits the rail and Zhou now has double the average chip stack.
We approached the table with the face up in front of Stepan Lavrin and the in front of Claudiu Gurau. The river was just dealt and completed a board . Lavrin was visibly upset as he paid off Gurau to the tune of 75,200, leaving only 18,500 behind.
The day hasn't been too good for Minh Hau Nguyen but a double up just now kept him in action. Nguyen ended up all in before the flop for around 20,000 chips and the showdown we witnessed went as following.
Nguyen:
Opponent:
The board ran out and the three on the river gave Nguyen a straight to stay alive.
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turn and an all in from Kan. Jin went into the tank again and seemed to be close to calling but in the end, he ended up sliding his cards into the muck. The decisions are taking longer and the play is becoming more thoughtful as we are getting further into the day.
and Young continued for 9,000. Zhou raised to 19,000 and put Young to a decision. It didn't take too long before we heard "all in" from Young and a call from Zhou.
came on the turn. It was followed by the 
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and Beattie check-called 16,000 after, once again, taking his time.
. The flop of 
paired both players but Zhou maintained the lead through the 
turn and 
river. His opponent hits the rail and Zhou now has double the average chip stack.
face up in front of Stepan Lavrin and the 
in front of Claudiu Gurau. The 
river was just dealt and completed a board 
