Action Aplenty With Cards in the Air
The cards are now in motion here at the Poker King Club at the Venetian, with the surviving Day 1 players starting how they finished the previous day’s play – with lots of action.
Many of the numerous short stacks are attempting to go big or go home, with Li Xiaodong doing the latter, though not by choice we assume. Down to his last 7,500 Xiaodong got this in on the first orbit with 
, running into the 
of Weizhou Zha.
The board ran out 
to give Xiaodong an open-ended straight draw, but this was as good as it got, with the turn and river running out 
and 
respectively to send Xiaodong packing and bring Zha up to over 100,000.
Two of the other short-stacks ran a little better with Lei Jichong running his tiny 7,800 up to 12,400 and getting all of this in pre-flop with 
against big blind Lester Edoc’s pretty looking 
.
Jichong paired his ace on the 
flop, improving to an unneeded flush when the turn and river ran out 
and 
respectively to climb to 26,600 while Edoc dropped a little to 42,000.
China’s Yang Chao went one better and scored a triple up, eliminating the unfortunate Jiang Xiao Feng in the process. Chao and Feng got all the chips in pre-flop with Yang Hua, who had them both covered, also making the call.
Yang Chao:
Jiang Xiao Feng:
Yang Hua: 
While Chao found his ace-eight dominated by both opponent’s ace-queen the flop was a kind one, falling 
to give him top pair and the flush re-draw, which immediately came in on the turn. The 
river was merely a formality and Chao tripled to 75,900, Feng busted and Hua dropped to 50,000.
Wang Yongbin secured himself a double at Arnold Chan’s expense, with the chips all going in pre-flop. It was a flip with Yongbin holding 
and Chan having . The flop fell 
to give Yongbin top pair and a flush draw and the turn locked in the double. Yongbin climbed to 29,400 while Chan dropped to 75,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,900 | 51,200 |
|
75,000 | -48,800 |
|
|
50,000 | -16,300 |
|
42,000 | -9,500 |
|
|
29,400 | 15,600 |
|
|
26,600 | 18,800 |
|
|
Busted |