Tsang Takes a Commanding Lead
Level 26
: 30,000/60,000, 0 ante
Anson Tsang limped in with the 
and Ilya Bulychev checked his option with the 
. They checked the 
flop and the 
turn was checked by Tsang Bulychev bet 80,000 and Tsang's check-raise to 240,000 won the pot in a battle of the two chip leaders.
Tsang raised to 140,000 first to act soon after with the 
and Bulychev flat-called on the button with the 
. Quan Zhou in the small blind raised the pot to 620,000 with the 
. Jason Gray snap-folded in the big blind and Tsang went for it to four-bet to 2,060,000.
Bulychev quickly folded and Zhou, who had half of his stack in already, was sent into the think tank. He was already in a similar spot at the end of day 2 and folded after more than four minutes, this time he did so after three minutes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,435,000
990,000
|
990,000 |
|
||
|
2,250,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
||
|
1,050,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
740,000
680,000
|
680,000 |