Zhang Sets Up Zheng
Singapore's Lionel Zheng opened the action with an early position raise to 1,100 with Shurane Vijayaram making the call from one seat over and button Lirui Zhang and both blinds making the call to take action five way to a flop of 
.
This was checked around and the 
peeled off on the turn, bringing in a bet of 2,600 from Vijayaram. Zhang flat called the button, the player in the small blind called as did the big blind before Zheng check-raised to 10,600.
Vijayaram gave Zheng a grilling and after a minute or so in the tank, he opted to fold, telling PokerNews after the hand he had 
. Action was back on Zhang who made the call and both blinds bowed out.
The 
river saw Zheng pull the trigger and move all-in with Zheng asking if he had ace-king, before Hollywood tanking and making the call with 
for a set, which was good. Zheng showed 
and mucked to drop to 37,000 while Zhang climbed to 61,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
77,000 | -7,000 |
|
61,000 | 13,000 |
|
|
37,000 | 4,000 |