Michael Pedley
Michael Pedley raised from under the gun to 1,700 and a player in late position made the call.
The flop came down and Pedley check-called the 2,500 chip bet of his opponent. The turn landed the and this time Pedley led out with a bet of 4,500. His opponent made the call.
The river was the which slowed both players as they checked it down.
Pedley revealed which was good to collect the pot. He now sits with 35,000 chips.
Marc Cooper, short of chips, open-shoved preflop for about 9,000. Action folded to Mike "Timex" McDonald, short of chips himself. He peeked down and made a snap call with pocket kings, a hand that was a significant favorite over Cooper's pocket fours. Neither player connected with the board that ran out .
Cooper was eliminated on the hand. McDonald is still short but now has 21,000 chips to work with.
Hon Ming Kim Lee has just found a miraculous double up. With his tournament life on the line, Lee was all in with pocket nines up against his opponent's pocket aces.
However the board of gave Lee a two-outer on the river to survive and double up to 14,000 chips.
Julian Powell lost a third of his stack on a recent hand. After a preflop raise, a player in late position reraised all in for 20,000. Powell, sitting in the small blind, had a tough decision holding . Perhaps taking inspiration from this Chinese gambling mecca, he decided to gamble and made the call. The late position player had for a classic race situation. Pocket nines held up when the board ran out .
With that loss, Powell has dipped to 48,000 in chips.
Grant Levy is still near the top.
Two pair giveth to Grant Levy, and two pair taketh away.
First, Levy hit top two pair with against Daniel Schreiber on a board of . Levy bet 3,000 on the river and was raised to 6,000 by Schreiber. Levy made the call and won the pot when Schreiber tabled for a smaller two pair.
A few hands later, however, two pair proved disastrous for Levy. With the board showing , Levy got all in three ways with a short-stacked player and with Markus Mansour. The short stack had for a pair of kings; Levy tabled for top two. The only problem was that Mansour had flopped a set of fours. The river came and missed everyone.
After these hands, Levy's stack fell back to 50,000 while Mansour climbed to that same 50,000 mark.
During the break, Joel Dodds recalled a hand to us that led him doubling up.
Dodds decided to make a move after an opponent opened with a raise, and moved all in holding . His opponent made the call with but Dodds paired his seven on the flop to now sit with around 32,000 chips.
Eights are lucky in China. For Huy Pham, however, they proved very unlucky. On the turn of a board, the small blind bet 3,000 and Pham called.
When the river came , the small blind bet 3,500, leaving himself 6,000 behind. Pham raised it up to 7,500. The small blind called with , a hand that Pham couldn't beat. He flashed the before mucking.