Huidong Gu is getting busy building a stack and has just taken down a hand three-way against fellow high roller Liang Xu and another tablemate.
Pre-flop Gu was the initial aggressor, making it 1,100 to go from middle position before an opponent in the cutoff re-raised to 2,500. Liang Xu made the call from the big blind, as did Gu and the action went three-way to a flop of 
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Xu checked it over to Gu, who did not seem perturbed at getting re-raised pre-flop and he led for 5,100. The cutoff looked sorely tempted but eventually gave it up, as did Xu after a little bit of deliberation, leaving Gu to rake in the pot and climb to 80,000.
Over on one of the other tournament tables, a short-stacked Zhi Yu Dong moved all-in for his last 9,350 on the river with the board reading 
with over 30,000 already in the pot. His opponent in the hand, sitting on the button tanked for a good two minutes before throwing in the call, only to muck instantly when Dong turned over 
for the rivered nut flush, though he had also made top pair on the turn. That timely catch saw Dong climb to 50,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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80,000
7,950
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7,950 |
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50,000 | |
|
27,000 |
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hit the turn. Zhao checked it over to Hu, who took a stab for 2,400 and Peng eyed him up suspiciously. Peng was probably thinking the same as us – surely Hu would have bet the flop with a flush draw – and made the call.
river. Hu now checked and Peng checked it back, throwing his cards disgustedly into the muck when Hu tabled 
, which both players checked.
river brought four to a club flush and neither player looked too happy about it and the action went check, check.
for a rivered top pair, but this was not enough to beat Ma’s 
and he scooped the pot.
