"I think my highest stack today was starting stack. Never got anything going. Aaron also busted way back." Yaxi Zhu was still smiling while on the rail, but her tournament has come to an end. Same applies for Aaron Lim, who she referred to.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
After a limp from a player in early position, Jia Liang min-raised to 1,600 and the player in the small blind moved all in. The limper quickly folded and Liang asked for a count. It was 37,100 in total to call and the Chinese carefully checked his stack and what would remain if he makes the call. After two minutes of consideration, Liang folded but remains among the selected few on six digits.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
102,000
102,000
|
102,000 |
Raiden Kan called from under the gun as did the player in the hijack. The option fell on the player on the button who then moved all in for his remaining 5,300 in chips. After the blinds got out of the way - Kan snap called - resulting in the other player mucking his hand.
Kan: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
to see Kan improve to a set on the flop as he moves back up to over starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Wenxiong Luo raised from the cutoff and found a caller in the big blind to see a flop of 
. The opponent immediately moved all in for 12,800, which represented double the pot size, and Luo made the call with 
. His opponent was on a draw with the 
and the 
turn as well as 
river bricked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
84,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
On the turn of a 
board, Geng Liu called a small bet of 2,600 by his table neighbor and the two then checked the 
on the river. Liu's 
scooped the pot against a pair of sixes.
One hand later, Gab Yong Kim raised from under the gun to 2,100 but folded to the shove of the player in the big blind. Yoshiro Nagata had re-appeared on the radar and elected to forfeit his small blind. Kim was very short not long ago but is now back to more than 30k.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
34,000
27,500
|
27,500 |
|
24,100
-21,900
|
-21,900 |
Yuexin Wang had lost most of his chips but just doubled up back to 50,000 chips. The full betting action was amiss, but Wang then shoved his last 6,000 on the 
turn and his opponent reluctantly called. "Ace king?" the Chinese asked and that's indeed what his opponent turned over in 
. Wang's 
held up after a brick on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
Four players limped into the pot including Jia Liang in the cut off. The flop came down 
and both blinds checked. The player under the gun bet out 2,500 which only interested Liang to his left.
After the 
fell on the turn, the player under the gun threw out another 8,000 which was quickly called before the completed the board.
Without hesitation, the aggressor moved all in for 29,000. Liang asked for a count and waited as the dealer cut out the chips and gave him and exact count. Once he was told, Liang made the call, and watched as his opponent rolled over his 
for the smallest possible pair.
Liang then tabled his 
for a pair of tens and the winning hand. He now moves up to 140,000 which is one of the biggest stacks in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
We talk to Winfred Yu, President of the Poker King Club, about the move from his poker room to The Venetian, and its big opening where Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan and Johnny Chan were in attendance. Oh yeah, and we find out why Dwan didn't play the charity event they hosted.
After a flop of 
, Fabio Fumagalli led out of the big blind and then shoved when his opponent on the cutoff clicked it up to 8,000. It was another 15,700 to call on top of the raise and that came very reluctantly. In fact, the time was called on the opponent and he tossed in the chips with 10 seconds left to flip over 
.
Fumagalli had 
for a flopped full house and definitely locked up the double with the 
on the turn. A meaningless river completed the board and the Swiss is now up to what looks like 50k.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 |
