Yu Fai Wu had been chipping up at a decent pace since managing to overcome an opponent's ace-king with ace-six earlier.
However, Singapore's Richard Lim has slowed him down some, winning a decent-sized pot from Wu just before the close of the level.
It was Lim the man initially driving the action with a button raise to 3,100, with Wu defending his big blind aggressively and responding with a three-bet to 9,200, which was called.
So it was heads-up to a flop of 
with Wu continuing to keep the betting lead, firing out another 9,000, with Lim again making the call.
The 
turn changed nothing board-wise, but slowed Wu down and he checked it over to Lim who wasted little time counting out some betting chips, making it 13,000 to go. This sent Wu deep into the think tank, where he remained for close to a minute before tossing in the call.
The 
river brought another check from Wu and Lim emptied the clip, moving all-in for close to 40,000, which was enough to fold out Wu. Lim stacked up to 97,000 after the hand, while Wu dropped to 80,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
97,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
80,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
, which Chiu led out on for 6,600 with Huang the only caller.
turn saw Chiu fire a second barrel, making it 13,800 to go with Huang again making the call to swell the pot to over 54,000. 
river paired the board and was where we came into the hand, with Chiu checking the action over to Huang, who thought long and hard before checking it back.
for two pair, seven kicker, which left Huang shaking his head. When he revealed his 
for a flopped two pair it was easy to see why with the running tens counterfeiting Huang's hand. 
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meaning Wang's ace-high was good for a double. Wang stacked up to 9,000 while Gruendemann still has plenty and it sitting on a stack of 85,000.
