The players had not long taken their new seats before we had and all-in and a call with Cheok Ieng Cheong getting his last 61,500 in chips in from under-the-gun plus one and Manig Loeser making the call in late position.
Cheok Ieng Cheong:
Manig Loeser:
Cheong was the at risk player but won his race to double to 125,000 in chips when the board ran out while Loeser dropped to 37,000. Several hands later and it was all over for the German, who departed in 12th place, though unfortunately, we were unable to catch his exit hand.
The elimination of Manig Loeser opened the floodgates for a slew of speedy eliminations with five players falling in the space of 30-minutes.
Not long after the German had departed and we had another all-in and a call with an increasingly active Fedor Holz throwing chips around like confetti at a wedding, which seems to be working out for him just fine.
Holz was the initial aggressor, making it 11,500 to go from early position before Cheok Ieng Cheong moved all-in with Holz making a speedy call.
Cheok Ieng Cheong:
Fedor Holz:
Cheong was the at risk player and found no help when the board ran out to send the Chinese player to the rail in 11th place while Holz stacked up to 410,000.
Sam Trickett followed less than a minute later, getting his last 160,000 in chips in on a flop of with with Gabe Patgorski making the call with .
Unfortunately for Trickett the turn and jc] river were not the spade he needed to survive and he hit the rail in 10th place while Patgorski stacked up to over 300,000 in chips.
Wu followed Trickett to the rail just two hands later, moving all-in from the button with and running into Predrag Lekovic who woke up in the blinds with . The board ran out meaning the Montenegran’s pocket pair held to send one-time frontrunner Wu to the exit in 9th place.
Zuo Wang bubbles 2017 Triton Super High Roller Series MontenegroHK $250,000 6-Max Event
The elimination of Benjamin Wu took play down to 8-handed meaning the remaining players were hand-for-hand on the bubble.
An increasingly active Fedor Holz raised almost every hand and hoovered up every chip not nailed down before Zuo Wang took a stand and called all-in for his tournament life from the big blind after Holz moved all-in from the small blind. However, as a hand was in progress over on the other table both players had to wait before the cards were turned over.
Gabe Patgorski had just three-bet shoved on Xuan Tan over on the other table and while Tan took his time about it the Chinese player eventually found the fold meaning the action was back on Holz and Wang.
Zuo Wang:
Fedor Holz:
While Wang held the best hand he was the at risk player and Holz immediately paired his two when the flop came down . The turn and river gave Wang no help and he headed for the rail in 8th place empty handed while all remaining seven players are now guaranteed an HK$386,000 (~$49,464) payday.
We missed the pre-flop action as we were writing up the previous Richard Yong double-up but we arrived in time to see a huge hand develop between the tournament’s two largest stacks – Fedor Holz and Su Hao.
We picked up the action on the turn and there was over 160,000 in blinds and antes in the pot by the time we arrived with the community cards spread .
Hao had checked the action over to Holx, who mulled over his options for several minutes before deciding to bet 82,000, leaving himself 330,000 behind.
It was Hao’s turn to tank and he took nearly as long as Holz did before sliding out the call, leaving himself around 340,000 behind.
The river could probably be considered a blank, and after thinking it over for a few seconds Hao checked the action over to Holz once again and the German player hit the think tank once more. After around 20 seconds or so Holz slid out two towers of yellow 5k chips for a bet of 180,000 in total, leaving himself 170,000 behind.
Hao did not think long before folding, leaving Holz to scoop a massive pot without showdown and pull further out in front and the German climbed to over 700,000 in chips while Hao dropped to 340,000 putting himself third in chips behind Gabe Patgorski who currently has 420,000.
while Loeser dropped to 37,000. Several hands later and it was all over for the German, who departed in 12th place, though unfortunately, we were unable to catch his exit hand.
to send the Chinese player to the rail in 11th place while Holz stacked up to 410,000.
with Gabe Patgorski making the call with 
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and running into Predrag Lekovic who woke up in the blinds with 
meaning the Montenegran’s pocket pair held to send one-time frontrunner Wu to the exit in 9th place.
turn and 
meaning Yong’s flopped top pair was enough to grant him the double and he climbed to 100,000 while Hao dropped to 430,000.
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