As the shortest stack Danny Tang would need a double to bring himself back into contention so when Je Ho Lee opened the action with a raise to 300,000 from the button Tang decided to make a stand and moved all-in for his last 2.65 million from the small blind. Lee called quickly and the cards were turned over.
Danny Tang:
Je Ho Lee:
It was a race, and it was one Lee took the lead in on the monochrome flop, though Tang was still drawing live with 11 outs and any heart or deuce would see him double. Tang’s watching rail pressed close calling for a heart but the turn was of no help and neither was the river. Tang shook Lee and Cheung’s hands and headed off to collect the equivalent of $82,300 and Lee stacked up to 13,250,000 to Cheung’s 8,830,000.
The two remaining players are once again crunching the numbers and talking deals.
Je Ho Lee (left) and Sparrow Cheung (right) get ready to battle heads-up
Both remaining players, Korea’s Je Ho Lee and Hong Kong’s Sparrow Cheung have reached an accord.
The two came to an Independent Chip Model chop based on their respective stack sizes meaning Lee would be guaranteed HK$1,605,472 and Cheung HK$1,445,528.
The two have also decided to speed up the clock and will now be playing 20-minute levels.
There have not been all that many flops so far with both players taking it in turns to steal each other’s blinds, or else re-raise from the small blind and take down the pot pre-flop that way.
We got to see a rare hand that played down all the way to the river though, and it was one that saw Je Ho Lee extend his lead.
Lee was on the button and made it 400,000 to go and Sparrow Cheung made the call. Cheung checked the flop over to Lee, who fired for 400,000, which Cheung called and the came in on the turn.
The action went check, check and the ace repeated with the hitting the river. Cheung checked and after thinking it over Lee bet 750,000. Cheung tanked for quite some time before making the call, but could only muck when Lee showed for a pair of nines to take the hand and pull further in front.
Sparrow Cheung had used some aggressive pre-flop play to climb back up to 6.8 million before the following hand took place. It was Cheung who was on the button in this hand, making it 325,000 to go and Lee made the call to bring in the flop and the action went check, check.
The turn saw Lee lead for 400,000 and Cheung made the call to bring both players to the river. Lee fired again, this time for a slightly larger 700,000 and Cheung mulled it over before eventually throwing out the call.
Lee showed down for two pairs – queens and nines – but this was not enough to beat Cheung’s rivered straight with and the Hong Kong player is bringing himself right back into this heads-up match.
Je Ho Lee had reclaimed some of his chips in a hand we missed, before Cheung won another hand that made it to showdown. Lee made it 400,000 to go on the button and Cheung called to bring in the flop.
Cheung check-called Lee’s 400,000 continuation bet and the turn saw both players check. Cheung checked the river over to Lee, who fired for 550,000 and after thinking it over Cheung looked him up. The Korean tabled to play the board meaning Cheung’s king-high was enough to take it down.
Some aggressive pre-flop moves and another hand taken down on the flop have seen Sparrow Cheung climb back up to over 9 million.
Cheung raised it up to 500,000 on the button shortly afterward and Je Ho Lee played back at him to the tune of 2 million, showing down when Cheung folded. The same betting pattern repeated on the next orbit, but Cheung did not call and Lee did not show his hand this time.
flop, though Tang was still drawing live with 11 outs and any heart or deuce would see him double. Tang’s watching rail pressed close calling for a heart but the 
turn was of no help and neither was the 
river. Tang shook Lee and Cheung’s hands and headed off to collect the equivalent of $82,300 and Lee stacked up to 13,250,000 to Cheung’s 8,830,000.
flop over to Lee, who fired for 400,000, which Cheung called and the 
came in on the turn.
hitting the river. Cheung checked and after thinking it over Lee bet 750,000. Cheung tanked for quite some time before making the call, but could only muck when Lee showed 
for a pair of nines to take the hand and pull further in front.
flop and the action went check, check.
river. Lee fired again, this time for a slightly larger 700,000 and Cheung mulled it over before eventually throwing out the call.
for two pairs – queens and nines – but this was not enough to beat Cheung’s rivered straight with 
and the Hong Kong player is bringing himself right back into this heads-up match.
flop.
river over to Lee, who fired for 550,000 and after thinking it over Cheung looked him up. The Korean tabled 
to play the board meaning Cheung’s 
king-high was enough to take it down.