Level: 15
Ante: 30,000 - Button: 60,000
Level: 15
Ante: 30,000 - Button: 60,000
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Antes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Ivey | United States | 2,100,000 | 84 |
| 2 | Ivan Leow | Malaysia | 1,300,000 | 52 |
| 3 | Richard Yong | Malaysia | 1,700,000 | 68 |
| 4 | Jason Koon | United States | 1,900,000 | 76 |
| 5 | Wai Kiat Lee | Malaysia | 2,300,000 | 92 |
| 6 | Mike Watson | Canada | 4,100,000 | 164 |
| 7 | Elton Tsang | Hong Kong | 2,000,000 | 80 |
The players are taking a short break before redrawing around the final table of seven.
After Jason Koon doubled through Wai Kin Yong, Yong was left short and got his remaining chips in against Phil Ivey a short while later.
Wai Kin Yong: ![]()
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Phil Ivey: ![]()
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board saw Yong eliminated on the money bubble, with the remaining palyers all guaranteed $194,500
Elton Tsang ![]()
limped and Mike Watson ![]()
and Wai Kiat Lee ![]()
both came along.
The flop ![]()
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gave Tsang top pair and Watson middle set. Tsang checked to Watson who bet 50,000.
Lee folded and Tsang called. The turn was the
and Tsang checked again. Watson bet 225,000 and Tsang called.
The river was the
. Both players checked and Watson won with his set.
Richard Yong shoved from the hijack for 710,000 and Elton Tsang called on the button.
Richard Yong: ![]()
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Elton Tsang: ![]()
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"Give him a ten!" said Tsang. "Keep him alive!"
The board ran out ![]()
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with the river ten seeing Yong stay alive and double up.
Mike Watson shoved from the hijack for 3,365,000. Wai Kiat Lee was on the button and called for 2,685,000.
Wai Kiat Lee: ![]()
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Mike Watson: ![]()
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This was first vs third with Lee waking up with pocket aces on the button to create a pot of over 5 million chips. The flop ![]()
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giving Watson two pair. The turn
did give Lee extra outs. But the river
saw both players make a straight and chop the pot.
Jason Koon held ![]()
against the ![]()
of Wai Kin Yong at the outer table.
The board was ![]()
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and Yong doubled up. He remaining one of the shorter stacks with eight player remaining.