Players have taken their seats and action is back underway!
Players have taken their seats and action is back underway!
The remaining 36 players have been sent on a 45-minute dinner break.
Action will get back underway at approximately 9:35 p.m. local time.
Qiaonan Liu opened to 16,000 from under the gun and Wei Ye shoved for 170,000 total from the cutoff. It was folded back to Liu, who verified the amount and tanked a bit, but eventually stuck in a call having Ye covered.
Wei Ye: K♣Q♣
Qiaonan Liu: 8♦8♥
It was a coin flip, but the 8♣4♣4♥ flop immediately put a huge damper on Ye's tournament life.
The 9♣ turn left Ye drawing dead and a meaningless 10♦ completed the board the make Liu's knockout official.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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380,000 | |
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Busted |
A flurry of post-bubble eliminations has already reduced the field to just 44 players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
330,000 | |
|
|
320,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
305,000
305,000
|
305,000 |
|
|
285,000
285,000
|
285,000 |
|
|
210,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
|
205,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
|
|
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
155,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
145,000
126,000
|
126,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
100,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
100,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Ti Zhou opened to 12,000 from the cutoff and it was folded to Quanming Pan, who shoved for a bit under 40,000 from the big blind. Zhou called and hands were turned face up.
Quanming Pan: A♥K♣
Ti Zhou: A♦A♣
It was the worst-case scenario for Pan, who was crushed against Zhou's aces.
The K♠10♣8♣ flop gave Pan a little hope with a pair of kings and the J♣ turn even gave him some outs to a chop, but the J♦ river bricked out and Zhou claimed another elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
105,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Chenxin Yu was already all in from early position for his last 5,000 against Ti Zhou, who had Yu covered in middle position. The action was paused until it was determined there were no other all-ins at other tables and then hands were revealed.
Chenxin Yu: 3♦3♥
Ti Zhou: A♠A♣
A collective "Ooooo!" came from a growing number of spectators after seeing Yu had run into the preflop nuts with his treys.
Each street brought further anticipation, first on the 6♠7♣8♥ flop, then on the Q♦ turn before the table and onlookers erupted into celebration on the Q♥ river — eliminating Yu on the stone bubble and securing a US$3,100 payday for everyone remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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70,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
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Busted |
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
With 76 players left and 75 making the money, hand-for-hand play is now underway until the money bubble has burst.