Zhao Feng called the big bling of 300 from UTG. Action folded around to Quan Zhou, in middle position. While Zhou was thinking, Leo Damien Kwan put 1,000 into the middle out of turn. Zhou then raised to 1,100. Kwan pulled his chips back and the dealer told him it needed to stay. Other players started getting into the discussion and the floor was called.
The situation was explained and the floor went to get another supervisor. The ruling came down that since the raise of Zhou changed the action, Kwan could take his chips back and have all options open to him. He was also told if he did it again, he would receive a penalty. Kwan retrieved his chips and folded.
There were still a few people to act but only Yan Cai, the big blind, made the call. Play was now back to Feng, who originally limped, and took advantage of the situation and reraised to 3,500 which prompted a fold from everyone.
We happened upon the table just as PokerStars Team Pro Bryan Huang was faced with a 1,600 river bet and the board showing . The bet gave him pause and he eventually made the call showing . His opponent was sliding his cards into the muck when Huang talked him into showing and he turned over .
Huang is playing solid and gathering intel proving he is a force to be reckoned with.
We arrived at the table with the board reading and over 10,000 chips in the middle of the table.
As soon as the dealer produced the turn card, Kitty Kuo moved all in for her remaining 5,575 in chips. Her opponent in the hand then tanked for a few minutes before finally making the call.
Kuo:
Opponent:
Kuo was in front with her higher pair, and scooped in the pot when the fell on the river.
Zhenjian Lin opened the action from middle position with a bet of 800. It folded to Yu Xia, in the small blind, who made the call as did Wei-chuan Hsu from the big.
The flop came and Xia led for 1,700. Hsu made the call and Lin raised to 4,000. Having both her opponents covered, Xia didn't hesitate to announce "all in". Hsu followed by moving his chips into the middle as did Lin.
The hands looked like this:
Xia:
Hsu:
Lin:
The turn came to give both Lin and Hsu a full house. The river then fell, giving Hsu a better full house, the pot and eliminating Lin from the tournament.
On a flop reading Vivian Im checked her option from the blinds before her opponent put in a bet. Im then raised it up to 2,500 but was met with another raise to 6,500.
Im then opted to move all in for her remaining 18,125 in chips, which forced a fold from her opponent about a minute later.
After hearing an uproar from a table, we came to find a board of on the board and Minhui Lian showing and Qifeng Duan holding . It may have been the first time a few of the players at the table have seen quads as the cameras came out. The ruckus brought plenty of people running to see what was happening as the chips were being counted to see where things stand.
In the end, Minhui Lian was left with 1,575. And Duan nearly doubled up. Lian folded the next two hands when he realized there were raises in front of him. It was on the third hand that Lian was eliminated by Duan, when he failed to beat Duan's pair.