Cheng Flushes Out Shaoming
Another big pot was brewing on Kosei Ichinose’s table, though this time the Japanese poker pro is just a spectator. The action was three-way between Macau’s Sam Cheong, China’s Li Shaoming and Taiwan’s Chiu Tzu Cheng with a sizable amount of chips already in the pot with the flop spread 
.
Cheng, sitting in the big blind, had checked the action over to Cheong, who led out for 11,000 with Shaoming making the call before Cheng check-raised all-in for 56,600.
While this was enough to get Cheong to bow out Shaoming thought it over. It was a big call for his tournament life, but eventually, he chose to make it and the cards were turned over.
Li Shaoming: 
Chiu Tzu Cheng: 
Shaoming had the best of it with top pair but would need to fade Cheng’s diamonds, but as you can probably guess from the title of this post, that did not happen. The 
was a nice safe card but the 
river saw Cheng get there and she stacked up to 120,000 while Shaoming headed for the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
79,600
|
79,600 |
|
|
Busted |
community cards.
for top pair, it was not enough to beat Zha’s 
. Zhou checked the action over to Ting Ting, who fired for 25,000 and Zhou slid out a chunky check-raise of 95,000. This sent Ting Ting into the tank, where she remained for around 2-minutes before making the call.
turn saw Zhou now fire for 80,000, leaving himself 100,000 behind and Ting Ting quickly mucked. She dropped to 210,000 after the hand while Zhou climbed to 378,000.
