Zhang Wins Stylish Flip Against Ichinose
Hong Kong’s Jacky Wong opened the action with a raise from middle position and Japan’s Kosei Ichinose made the call from around the back and the action folded to small blind Kuang Zhen Yu who quickly moved all-in. Wong folded but Ichinose made the call and the cards were turned over.
Kuang Zhen Yu: 
Kosei Ichinose: 
The 
flop saw Ichinose take the lead, and he also had Yu covered and for a minute there it looked like the Chinese player was on his way out. However, poker being a game of variance means sometimes the unexpected happens and the 
turn and 
river saw Yu hit the perfect two running cards to make a straight – a fact he celebrated with a fist pump and a cry of ‘Yesssssss!’.
Yu was rewarded for his bold squeeze play and stacked up to 353,000 while Ichinose took the hit stoically like the professional he is and dropped to 390,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
390,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
353,000
353,000
|
353,000 |
. Tang checked it over to Tran, who fired for 70,000 and that was enough to take it down.
run out saw Cong double to 380,000 and Pan drop down to 1.4 million.
.
and the tournament clock has been paused as play is now hand-for-hand.
river completed the Korean’s backdoor flush and guarantee the 35 remaining players an HK$50,900 payday and Lee stacked up to 2.55 million while the unlucky Toeh headed for the rail empty-handed.
