Chan Picks off Jia
Hong Kong’s Andy Yingkit Chan is one of the more recent arrivals and appears to be setting into the tournament just fine. We caught Chan in action against tablemate Tang Jia with Chan the initial aggressor, making a cheeky under-the-gun min raise.
Surprisingly Chan only found the one caller in Jia, who threw in the extras from the big blind and it was heads-up to a flop of 
.
Jia checked, Chan bet 500 and was quickly called to bring in the 
turn. The wet board got a little wetter and Jia now decided to lead for 500. Chan thought it over for a minute or so and then threw in the call and the dealer peeled off the 
river.
And that was it for the betting in the hand with Jia checking and Chan checking it right back. Jia rolled over 
for a missed gutshot and backdoor diamond draw meaning Chan’s 
ace-high was enough to take down the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
21,000 | 21,000 |
|
12,000 | 12,000 |
flop was of no help to the Spanish player.
turn and should Alberto want to make it through to Day 2 he’ll have to re-enter and Huangfu stacked up to 25,000.
for just ace-high and Jinquing triumphantly tabled 
for the best hand with a pair of nines. The 
river saw Jinquing double to 16,300 and Dong drop to around 7,000 or so.
and there was close to 5,000 in the pot already and Chan (middle position) was facing a close to pot-sized Zhao bet of 4,500.
for a ballsy stone cold triple barrel bluff. Great stuff.
