Dong Liang Cheng Eliminated in 10th Place (HKD $106,700/$13,600)

Ten-handed final tables are a tight affair and there was quite a bit of blind and ante-swapping before finally some action. It was China's Xiaobo Zhou who was the driver, accelerating to 80,000 from the lo-jack. Action folded around to Dong Liang Cheng on the button who had but one move remaining in his arsenal and moved all-in for 335,000 (just over 8 big blinds).

Zhou sat back and took off his sunglasses, asked how much more, counted out the chips, shrugged, and the casually tossed in the call.

Xiaobo Zhou:
Dong Liang Cheng:

Cheng was racing for his tournament life and the was not a good flop for a man with two over cards. The brought paint, but not of the variety Cheng was looking for and the river brought the final table down to nine. Cheng headed off to collect his winnings, while Zhou stacked up to 1.72-million.