With the numbers dwindling in Day 1b, another table has come free to be used for Day 1c. Another three players have joined the fray and are waiting for more players before the dealer on that table can shuffle up and deal.
The players have all been sent for the first 10-minute break of the night. When they return, they will play Level 5 which features a small blind of 150, big blind of 300, and a running ante of 25.
Xiao Yin He is sporting a stack of almost 90,000 already and is doing some good work already during the first four levels of the evening. With the addition of Ping Yu to the field, the total number of entries is now 46.
Siqi Lian raised to 700 from mid-position and was called by the player in late position, Hele Liu in the cutoff and Kaue De Souza in the big blind.
The flop came and both De Souza and Lian checked. The player in late position bet 1,600 and Liu raised to 3,700. De Souza and Lian quickly folded and the player in the late position called.
The turn brought them the , Liu's opponent checked. Liu bet 7,175 and his opponent checked his stack out. About a minute later, he decided to fold. Liu showed the while scooping up the pot.
Everybody around Table #2 was standing up and the dealer was just dealing the turn and river and two players, including Quan Zhou left the table. Siqi Lian was the one that was over joyous and she had won the three-way all-in which went in on the flop.
Small blind:
Quan Zhou (cutoff):
Siqi Lian:
The player in the small blind had two pair, Zhou had a flush draw, and Lian had flopped a straight.
The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn which didn't change the situation and the on the river neither. A very relieved Lian sat back down and stacked up her newly earned chips to take her into the chip lead for Day 1c for now.
The player in the under-the-gun position limped in. Alan Arbos raised to 600 from mid-position and was called by the player in late position, Yee Lap Lai in the cutoff, and the initial limper.
The flop came and both the initial limper and Arbos checked. The player in late position bet 1,300 which Lai and the initial limper both called. Arbos folded.
The turn brought them the , the under-the-gun player checked again. The player in the late position continued with a bet of 4,500 and both Lai and the under-the-gun player called.
The river completed the board with the , both of Lai's opponents checked for the last time. Lai hesitated for a second and then put in a continuation-bet of 7,000. The under-the-gun player tanked for about two minutes. He looked at his cards once more and then called. The other opponent quickly folded.
Lai turned over for the nut-flush, the only thing that could beat him was a full house. His opponent looked at Lai's cards, then his own, then at the board, and then mucked.