Xuan Tan called with the and Jason Koon called with the . On the flop, both players checked. Tan bet the turn for 600,000 and Koon called before improving to an inferior full house on the river.
Tan bet 1,550,000 and Koon called and dropped his previous profit.
Koon raised to 500,000 with the and Tan called with . On the flop, Koon checked and Tan bet 800,000, Koon called. The appeared on the turn and Koon checked. Tan moved all in for 7,085,000 and Koon folded after using the last of his three time bank extensions.
The first limped pot to the brought a bet of 225,000 by Xuan Tan called with the and Jason Koon called with . On the turn, Tan bet 700,000 with his nut straight and the flush draw.
After the river, Koon further improved to a check and Tan checked, then folded to a bet o f2 million.
Phil Ivey jammed for 5,290,000 in the cutoff and Jason Koon moved all in from the button with the superior stack.
Phil Ivey:
Jason Koon:
The flop gave Koon a straight draw and he took the lead on the turn, the river failed to improve Ivey and he was eliminated in third place. He takes home HKD13,082,000 ($1,666,516) for his efforts and Koon will enter heads up with a commanding lead.
Jason Koon limped the and Xuan Tan raised it up to 800,000 with the . Koon called and the flop fell . Koon checked and Tan continued for 900,000, a quick fold followed.
Tan limped the and Ivey did so with the , Koon checked . On the flop, Tan bet 300,000 and won the pot right there.
Ivey limped in with , Koon limped with and Tan checked the . On the flop, action checked to Tan and he bet 250,000, only Ivey called. The on the turn brought no betting action and the river was checked through.
Winfred Yu limped the and Jason Koon raised it up to 800,000 on the button with . Yu gave it some thought and folded.
Koon used his extended chip lead to put further pressure on and started open-shoving to claim a few antes more for his growing tower.
"How much do you have Phil?" Koon asked with first to act and moved all in once more. Yu had in the cutoff and folded, Ivey let go of the on the button.
Winfred Yu raised to 500,000 with the and Phil Ivey just called with the , Xuan Tan came along with the after the latter had limped.
On the flop, all three players checked and the turn gave Yu an additional straight draw on top of the flush draw. Tan checked, as did his two opponents.
The came on the river and the trio checked once more, awarding the pot to Ivey.
Phil Ivey with the , Xuan Tan with and Winfred Yu with the on the button checked through a flop of . On the turn, it was Tan with the worst hand that bet 260,000 and Yu called, Ivey folded.