Corey Hochman raised to 800 from early position and PokerStars qualifier Amanda Caines looked at the one blue and one white chip left in her hand while a pink one was already in for the small blind. She tossed in the rest, making it 1,600. Hochman made the quick call.
Caines:
Hochman:
Caines still had live cards and a hope to double, but a king on the flop foreshadowed her demise. She never improved, finding herself eliminated once the board ran out.
James Chen raised to 1,000 from early position and got calls from three players. They saw a four-handed flop of .
Action checked to Chen and he checked too, allowing the player in the cutoff to bet 2,450. One player called and one player folded before it came back to Chen and he thought for a moment and tossed in two yellows: 10,000. Both remaining opponents folded, giving Chen the pot.
Winfred Yu raised to 1,000 from middle position and Zhenru Xie called on his left. Michael Egan was the third player to call, doing so from the big blind. The flop came and Egan checked. Yu continued for 1,300 and Xie called.
Action was on Egan and he raised to 5,500. Yu folded and Xie went in the tank, ultimately three-betting to 15,500 and leaving himself about 20,000 behind. Egan called.
The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the and Egan checked again. Xie bet 10,000 and Egan slapped his cards face down on the table to fold, giving the pot to Xie. Meanwhile, Yu bemoaned the fact that he had folded and would've made a straight on the turn.
The players are on their final level of Day 1b and the tournament clock currently shows 321 entries with 261 players remaining. After this 75 minutes, the surviving players will bag chips for tomorrow's Day 2.
Tao Fan called an under-the-gun open of 1,050 while on the button only to see a three-bet from the player in the big blind to 3,100. The UTG player then bumped it up again with a four-bet to 8,100.
Fan reviewed his options before putting out a five-bet worth 21,500. Both his opponents folded and Fan earned the checkmark.
Fresh off last night's thrilling Super High Roller win, his second-straight PokerStars Championship Super High Roller victory, Steve O'Dwyer has entered the mix here on Day 1b.
As luck would have it, O'Dwyer is sitting to the left of the third-place finisher in yesterday's Super High Roller, Manig Loeser. Quite the table is forming over there as Elliot Smith get's position on O'Dwyer, sitting to his immediate left.
Yosuke Takagi raised to 1,200 from the cutoff seat and James Chen, sitting on his direct left on the button, three-bet to 4,000. Takagi called and the two went heads-up to a flop of .
Takagi led out for 5,000 and Chen called, seeing a turn of . Takagi continued for another 5,000 and Chen called again.
The river was the and Takagi joined motioned at the dealer, joining his thumbs and forefingers in a triangle to call for the all-in triangle. He pushed the rest of his chips in, amounting to just under 10,000. Chen folded before the count was finished.
A quick scan around the room will have your eyes gazing at three stacks that at the moment tower above the majority. Yap Jun Wah, Yuexin Wang, and Joachim Bold are peaking and have enjoyed some success over the last couple levels.
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and Egan checked. Yu continued for 1,300 and Xie called. 
and Egan checked again. Xie bet 10,000 and Egan slapped his cards face down on the table to fold, giving the pot to Xie. Meanwhile, Yu bemoaned the fact that he had folded 
and would've made a straight on the turn.
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. Takagi continued for another 5,000 and Chen called again.
and Takagi joined motioned at the dealer, joining his thumbs and forefingers in a triangle to call for the all-in triangle. He pushed the rest of his chips in, amounting to just under 10,000. Chen folded before the count was finished.
