Kenny Nielsen raised to 55,000 to get himself into the action. He was called by chip leader Chong Cheong from the big blind. The flop came down 
and Cheong check-called a bet of 75,000 from Nielsen.
The turn added the 
and Cheong checked. Nielsen checked behind. The river capped off the board with the 
, making a four-card straight on board. Both players checked again. Cheong showed the 
for top two pair and Nielsen mucked. He's down to about 500,000 now.
Chong Cheong raised to 70,000 from middle position before Brian Green reraised to 190,000 from the button. Cheong then went into the tank, leaning back in his chair to contemplate the decision. Green had roughly 320,000 left in his stack after the reraise, making for a good portion of his chips in the middle and lowering the amount of fold equity Cheong had if he were to shove.
Eventually, the clock was called on Cheong. He waited for about half the countdown to tick away and then open-folded the 
. Green was pushed the pot and moved up over 600,000 chips.
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The final table of the 20,000 HKD triple-chance no limit side event is taking place in the poker room at the same time the Main Event final table is playing out on the Grand Lisboa stage. A husband and wife both made the side event final table. Apparently, the wife just made quad tens in a large pot against her husband, and rather than risk eliminating him, she checked the final action in the hand with the nuts. Soft playing is, of course, not allowed in a tournament. She received a three-orbit penalty, one of the most severe you'll ever see in a tournament besides outright ejection. Who knows, though? She may have been saving herself from a far worse headache at home.
Victorino Torres raised from middle position to 70,000 and Jeppe Drivsholm called. These two have been playing a number of pots together at the final table and creating some nice action.
The flop came down 
and Torres checked. Drivsholm fired a bet of 100,000 and then Torres check-raised to 250,000. Drivsholm moved all in and after a few seconds, Torres mucked his hand allowing Drivsholm to take a big pot.
Drivsholm moved back to 1.4 million while Torres dropped to 500,000.
On the flop of 
with two hearts, Jeppe Drivsholm check-raised Chong Cheong from 55,000 to 155,000. He won the pot and increased his stack through the chip leader.
Victorino Torres open-raised from the small blind, and Jeppe Drivsholm, who never folds, obviously called. And he called again when Torres bet 100,000 on the 
flop. Torres checked the 
on the turn, as did Drivsholm. The on the river put two pair on the board but didn't merit a bet from either player. Torres showed 
for a rather raggy flush, but Drivsholm had neither a queen nor a four for a boat and mucked his cards.
Out of nowhere, a media member sitting in the top row of the stands around the final table fell backwards in his chair and smashed to the ground. His legs went flying up and his notepad a few seats over. He was immediately helped up and looks to be fine, but might have a couple bruises tomorrow morning.
Kenny Nielsen just can't seem to get anything going here today. He's only played a few pots and they haven't really worked out in his favor. Just recently, he opened preflop, but was three-bet off his hand by Jeppe Drivsholm.
Victorino Torres raised to 60,000 and Jeppe Drivsholm called. Torres was in the small blind and Drivsholm in the big blind. The flop came down 
and Torres checked. Drivsholm fired 75,000 and Torres folded.
Chong Cheong raised to 55,000 preflop, and both Brian Green and Kenny Nielsen came along in the blinds. All three players checked the 
flop. The 
on the turn could have made things interesting, but it didn't. Green checked, Nielsen checked, Cheong bet, and everyone else folded. Notch another one for Cheong.
