Sean Ooi raised to 3,000 and Ami Barer called. Minh Quang Nguyen then three-bet to 11,000 and Chenghui Song cold-called out of the big blind. It was then on Ooi, who reraised to 44,000 and shut down all opponents.
Kaihua Liu raised to 2,500 and Jizheng Yu called out of turn from the big blind. Ivan Zhang in the small blind was still to act as the floor arrived, and Zhang then three-bet to 15,000 with Yu folding and Liu calling.
Following the Q♣9♣3♦ flop, Liu check-called a bet and did so again for 45,000 on the J♣ turn. They checked the 6♣ on the river and Zhang flashed his cards briefly, but Liu had the winning hand with K♠10♠ for the straight.
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Zhengpeng Liu raised it up in middle position and Christopher Park reraised to 12,000 on the button. The small blind called and Liu came along as well. The flop came A♣4♦2♥ and the action checked around to the 3♦ on the turn.
It checked to Park again and this time he fired out a bet of 17,000. The small blind got out of the way but Liu called to see the 8♦ on the river. Liu checked again and Park put together a bet of 55,000. Liu mulled it over but eventually decided to lay his hand down.
Level: 2
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
The field has reached a total of 40 entries at the end of level one and a sixth table will open soon. Among those to enter were Single-Day High Roller champion Yuzhu Wang, Renji Mao and Quan Zhou.
Jumiao She raised to 2,500 and then called a three-bet to 8,000 by Lei Yu before she checked the A♠J♦2♠ flop. Yu continued for 6,000 and received a check-call before they checked the J♠ on the turn.
She led the 5♥ river for 15,000 and Yu called within a few seconds but mucked when he was shown the Q♠8♠ for a flush by She.
Yinchao Shen raised to 2,500 from under the gun and picked up calls from Yunpeng Jiang on his left and Xiao Zhu in the big blind. The flop came A♠9♥7♥ and Shen continued with a bet of 3,000. Both Jiang and Zhu called to see the 7♦ on the turn.
Zhu checked again and Shen tossed in a bet of 7,000. Jiang stepped aside but Zhu still called as the 6♣ completed the board. Zhu checked once more and Shen splashed in a bet of 20,000. Zhu burned through one of his time banks before finally releasing his cards to the muck.
Ami Barer opened to 3,000 and Calvin Lee called to see a flop of A♠9♠8♥, which went check, check. After the 5♠ turn, Barer bet 5,500 to then call a raise to 17,000 and opted to check the K♦ on the river. Lee made it 65,000 to go and won the pot instantly.
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