Down to a shorter stack, Weizheng Zhong jammed in the cutoff with the A♥6♠ and was looked up by Qun Dang on the button with K♠K♥. The QsQc3c3s5d] board delivered no upset and that spelled the end for Zhong.
There was some uproar over on table 29 when two larger stacks collided and one of them ended with a massive tower.
Yi Wang was inj there with the A♠J♥ while Wenlong Duan held the superior A♥K♠. The A♦J♦6♣ flop vaulted Wang into the lead, but the K♥ turn returned the lead to Duan. Nothing changed with the Q♠ river and Duan claimed the big pot.
One of the Chinese players pushed all-in for around 70,000 with Q♦6♣ only to run smack dab into the A♣A♥ of Sebastian Ferreira. The 9♠5♠3♠4♠ turn made a split pot possible and the at-risk player also had a straight draw as well. However, the 4♦ river was a blank and Ferreira raked in a massive pot.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Floor staff already announced that the top 16 finishers from this flight will advance to Day 2 and there was a rapid culling that saw the field of hopefuls plummet all the way to only 84 hopefuls towards the end of level 11. Below are some of those who departed recently.
Kaihua Liu was denied a berth on Day 2 in the opening flight but so far, the third and penultimate starting day is going a lot better for him. In a classic flip, Liu's A♦K♣ were up against the 7♠7♦ of Chuan Luo and the 10♠9♣2♣8♥K♥ runout provided the over card on the river.
The power of the jacket is back as Yunkyu Song pulled the same trick as on Day 1a when he got out of his chair and ready to leave. This time, he was all-in preflop against fellow shorter stack Hanlin Wang, who was at risk with ace-jack.
The A♣Q♣ of Song was ahead, fell behind on the J♥6♣3♠ flop. However, the 3♣ turn and 2♣ river provided the flush.
The cards of his table neighbour were already sent right into the muck when a new bigger stack emerged in a rapidly flowing field. On a board of Q♦4♣3♣J♣8♠, the K♠K♥ of Jieming Xu hold and Xu vaults to a six-figure stack.
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Dian Shan was moved to table 33 but his stack didn't last a long time. His A♣J♠ turned top pair on 9♣7♦6♣A♥ but Xi Peng had him crushed and drawing dead with the 9♥9♠ for a flopped set to make the 2♥ river a formality.
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