Sparrow Cheung raised to 12,500 from the button and was called by Rui Qin in the big blind.
Qin checked the flop and Cheung continued with a bet of 8,000. Qin called.
The turn brought them the on which they both checked through to the on the river. Qin now lead out for 22,000 and Cheung considered his options. After a while, Cheung opted to fold.
The chip lead is changing hands with increasing frequency, with several players sitting with over 400,000 in chips. The man to hold the honor at present is Yue Feng Tang, who folded Lin Zhe Chen out of a hand to pull ahead of the pack.
Tang was the pre-flop raiser, making it 13,000 to go from the cutoff with Chen choosing to defend from the big blind. Chen checked the over to Tang, who fired for another 14,000, which was called.
The turn saw Chen check again, with Tang announcing a bet of 36,000. While she took her time about it, Chen finally found the fold, dropping down to 160,000. Tang scooped in the pot, which puts him on a stack of 484,000, which is good for the top spot presently.
Hong Kong's Timothy Yim and Portugal's Antonio Martins have effectively swapped places in the pecking order, with Martins catching the perfect river card to keep his Main Event hopes alive.
It was Yim who was the initial aggressor, making it 11,000 from under-the-gun and picking up a caller on the button before Martins moved all-in for close to 67,000 or so from the small blind. After asking for a count, Yim slid in the calling chips and the button left the pair to get on with it and mucked his cards.
Antonio Martins:
Timothy Yim:
It was a race, and it was one that Yim took the lead in when the window card came off the deck, with the rest of the flop coming down . However, the poker gods had other plans for Martins, and while the turn was of no help, the river was just what the doctor ordered, with Martins stacking up to 155,000, while Yim walked off to kick an empty chair in frustration, dropping down to 90,000.
Players are back from the dinner break and back into the action, with 93 players returning as opposed to the 103 the tournament clock was showing before they headed off 60-minute previously.
That means in 30 more eliminations the 63 remaining players will be in the money, so let's see who has what it takes to go the distance.
The 103 remaining Main Event players have headed off for dinner and will be back in action in 60-minutes. Join us then as we play down to the money and beyond, with 40 more eliminations between us and the bubble.
Liang Song has edged back in front after folding Preston Lee out of a hand. We arrived on the flop with close to 32,000 in the pot and on the felt and the hand was three-way between Sparrow Cheung (big blind), Song (under-the-gun) and Lee, who was the player in position.
Action had been checked to Lee, who had bet out 15,500 and Cheung was in the tank. Eventually, he folded and it was Song's turn to think it over. Song eyeballed Lee's stack and chewed over his options before deciding to take the most aggressive one and move all-in.
Lee, who was left with around 71,000 behind, looked torn between calling and folding, eventually choosing the latter after thinking it over for a minute. Song scooped the pot and climbed to 425,000, putting him back atop the counts.
Jian Han raised to 9,000 from mid-position and was called by Carson Ka Shing Wong in the big blind.
The flop came , Wong check-called Han's continuation-bet.
The turn brought them the , Wong checked again. Han bet 18,000 this time and Wong called after considering it for a few seconds.
The river completed the board with the and they both checked. Wong tabled for the eights and sixes but was beaten by the of Hand who had the higher two pair with queens and eights.
Yang Xu is continuing to amass chips at a steady pace and that trend continued when we caught her in action in a sizable pot against a tablemate. The was close to 90,000 already in the pot with the community cards spread .
Xu was in the big blind and led out for a half pot bet of 45,000, sending her opponent deep into thought where he remained for a minute before sliding out the call.
The river completed the hand and Xu slid out a bet of 40,000, leaving herself around the same behind. Her opponent took the hint and folded, leaving Xu to pull in a decent-sized pot and climb to 265,000.