Paul Newey, who finished runner-up in this event back in 2014 for €557,090 and who final tabled both the HK$250,000 (2nd for HK$3,507,000/$452,171) and HK$500,000 (3rd for HK$3,208,000/$413,624) high rollers at last month's ACOP in Macau, opened to 2,500 under the gun.
Orpen Kisacikoglu, sitting right next to him, called.
The flop came 
and Newey and Kisacikoglu both checked. The 
hit the turn and Newey checked again. Kisacikoglu bet 2,000 and Newey called.
With the 
completing the board, Newey checked for the third time. Kisacikoglu bet 5,500 and was soon facing a check-raise by Newey to 16,000. Kisacikoglu tanked for just a bit before he called.
Newey tabled 
for runner-runner top two, but that hand was soon going face down into the muck as Kisacikoglu showed 
for the flopped set.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
331,500
21,500
|
21,500 |
|
229,500
20,500
|
20,500 |
flop, Badziakouski bet and Fatehi quickly folded.
and a bet of 11,500 by Badziakouski won the pot.
flop and another 6,000 on the 
turn. The 
river went check-check, and Yaghmai showed the 
.
and Haxton called. Kabrhel followed up his flop bet with a bet of 4,900 on the 
turn. Again, Haxton called.
completed the board and Kabrhel bet a hefty 21,900 into the 14,400 pot. Haxton pondered for some time before he eventually tossed in some T5,000 chips to call.
, and Haxton took it down with the 
.
flop, Kisacikoglu checked and O'Dwyer continued for 14,000, which was called. After the 
turn, Kisacikoglu then check-called a bet worth 29,000 before the 
slowed down both players and they checked. Kisacikoglu turned over the 
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