Dajia Chen did not recover from folding out that big pot to Victor Chong earlier and the Malaysian player has just finished what he began earlier.
Chen was down to his last 5,500 and got this in pre-flop with and Chong looked him up with . Unfortunately for Chen the flop came down ace-high and that was that. Chen headed for the rail while Chong stacked up to around 28,000.
Justin Chan’s first attempt at building a big stack has not worked out for him and we arrived in time to see the Hong Kong player vacating his seat. Mr. Chan was kind enough to tell us the tale of his demise, and what a tale of woe it was.
Surprisingly it was not Zhao Yanchao who busted Chan, though the Chinese player was involved in the proceedings. According to Chan it was China’s Kun Huang who lit the fuse with an early position raise to 1,100 and Chan made the call with pocket queens from the hi-jack.
Zhao got frisky from the button and re-raised to 3,300 and Huang moved all-in for 15,750. Chan had him covered, but only by around 300 chips and made the call and Zhao flashed both players the before throwing his hand into the muck.
It was a classic race, Chan’s pocket queens up against Huang’s ace-king, but unfortunately for Chan it was one he fell behind in immediately with a king in the window. Chan is out and Huang has 33,500 to play with.
A huge three-way pre-flop all in confrontation has not long played out over on Victor Chong’s table and the Malaysian player had a front row seat as he was one of the protagonists.
It was Nevan Cheng who was the beneficiary of all the action, and the instigator, making it 1,100 to go from under-the-gun. Action folded around to a player on the button who went from DEFCON 4 to DEFCON 1 immediately and launched his whole 20,000-plus stack into the center of the table.
Victor Chong checked his cards in the small blind and launched missiles of his own, re-shoving to isolate. Cheng made a speedy call and the hands were turned over.
Nevan Cheng:
Button:
Victor Chong:
While Cheng was the at-risk player and was covered by both opponents, his gun was loaded with silver bullets, much more effective than missiles in a poker game and the runout was a good one for aces. Cheng stacked up to 35,500, the button busted and Chong took a bit of hit but is still in decent shape with a stack of 24,000.
Macau’s Keng Po Wong has edged into an early lead, though he already had a sizable stack when we caught him in action against tablemate Yuchin Zhing.
We picked up the action on a flop of with 3,000 already in the pot and it appears Wong had decided to peel off a flop from the small blind against a Zhing button open.
Wong led for 1,000 and Zhing announced a raise, making it 2,500 to go in total. Wong called and the dealer burned and turned the to pair the board. There was no betting on this street with Wong checking and Zhing checking it right back.
The river saw Wong reach for chips once more and he fired for 2,000, which Zhing called after thinking it over for a few seconds. Wong turned over for rivered trip tens and Zhing threw his cards into the muck. Wong climbed to 57,000 making him one of the larger stacks, if not the largest stack, while Zhing dropped to 23,200.
We found it hard to catch Gao Xing in action yesterday but today was a different story. Xing had not long entered but was already causing mischief and we found her involved in a hand against Chen Bin on a flop of with 4,500 in the pot already.
Bin (small blind) had checked the action over to Xing, who fired for 2,500 and Bin quickly pulled the trigger and moved all-in for 10,950 total. Xing had him covered, but not by all that much. However, that did not seem to faze Xing and she tossed in the call and the cards were turned over.
Chen Bin:
Gao Xing:
While both players had a straight draw and Xing held a narrow lead with her ace-high Bin was drawing extremely live and had a club flush draw to go with his open-ender, making him a slight favorite in the hand.
The flush came straight in on the turn to grant Bin the double and he climbed to 26,400 while Xing dropped right down to 1,850 so has her work cut out for her if she wants to improve her leaderboard standing.
The field has grown to 115 entrants and 83 of those are still in the running with Kun Huang the man in front at present. Here’s how some of the notables in the field are stacking up:
Jia Chun Bao opened the action with a raise to 1,500 from the cutoff and neighbour Derx Lai got his last 3,500 chips in the middle from the hi-jack. No one else was interested and the action folded back around to Bao who flicked in the extras and the cards were turned over.
Derx Lai:
Jia Chun Bao:
Lai was in front and was on his feet calling for an ace and a jack and got his wish with the ace coming in the window, quickly followed by a jack. The poker gods have got a twisted sense of humor however and the third card was a ten with the flop falling to give Bao Broadway and Lai went from merriment to misery in the space of a single second.
There was no ace or jack to be seen on the turn or river and Lai is out while Bao stacked up to 27,000.
. Unfortunately for Chen the flop came down ace-high and that was that. Chen headed for the rail while Chong stacked up to around 28,000.
before throwing his hand into the muck.
runout was a good one for aces. Cheng stacked up to 35,500, the button busted and Chong took a bit of hit but is still in decent shape with a stack of 24,000.
with 3,000 already in the pot and it appears Wong had decided to peel off a flop from the small blind against a Zhing button open.
to pair the board. There was no betting on this street with Wong checking and Zhing checking it right back.
river saw Wong reach for chips once more and he fired for 2,000, which Zhing called after thinking it over for a few seconds. Wong turned over 
turn to grant Bin the double and he climbed to 26,400 while Xing dropped right down to 1,850 so has her work cut out for her if she wants to improve her leaderboard standing.
to give Bao Broadway and Lai went from merriment to misery in the space of a single second.