Zhong Yuan Hang Eliminated in 3rd Place (HK$625,000)

There was a sudden burst of action and Zhong Yuan Hang departed in a flurry of cards and chips. The action started innocuously enough with Hang limping from the small blind but it did not take long for the fireworks.

Michael Soyza peeked at his hole cards and announced a raise, making it 370,000 to go and Hang immediately went to DEFCON 1 and launched all-out global thermonuclear war and shoved for 3 million and Soyza beat him into the pot.

Zhong Yuan Hang:
Michael Soyza:

The hand felt eerily similar to one of the previous all-ins these two played a little earlier, only this time the cards went Soyza’s way. The flop paired Soyza’s jack to further extend his lead. The turn brought in possible chop outs but now there was no way that Hang could win the hand.

The river saw Hang’s tournament come to a close and he headed for the cash desk to collect the equivalent of US$80,193 while Soyza stacked up to 7,995,000 to take the chip lead and take play heads-up for the trophy and the title.