Wang Qiang had the button, Chris Ferguson, from the cut-off made it 50,000 to go. David Benyamine, in the small blind raised making it 200,000 to go with only 65,000 behind that. The others folded, and Ferguson after some thought put Benyamine all in. David quickly made the call, and the cards were on their backs.
David Benyamine:
Chris Ferguson:
The board was a good one for the Frenchman, coming to double Benyamine up to about 545,000.
Richard Yong had the button, and action folded to Chris Ferguson in the small blind. He slowly put his sunglasses on and then folded, giving a walk to Wang Qiang.
Same Trickett opened for 45,000 and Richard Yong, from the small blind, was the only player to make the call.
The flop came down and Yong tossed out three chocolate (T25,000) chips for a bet of 75,000. Trickett didn't miss a beat and raised to 350,000 to which Yong promptly folded.
Erik Seidel was on the button, and Wang Qiang limped in from early position. Sam Trickett made it 55,000 to go, getting all to fold but Qiang who called.
The flop dropped , and both players checked.
The turn was the , and both players checked again.
The river was the , and they checked a third time. Wang Qiang apparently showed a winner that we couldn't see, as Trickett mucked and Qiang stacked some chips.
Wang Qiang made it 45,000 to go and it was folded around to Nikolay Evdakov who made the call.
The flop came down . Both players checked to the turn. Again, they checked and the river brought the . It went check, check once more and Evdakov's was good against Qiang's .
From under-the-gun plus one, Andrew Feldman made it 35,000 to go. It folded to Chris Ferguson who thought for a second and reaised to 90,000. It was soon folded back to Feldman who released his hand.
Wang Qiang raised it up to 37,000 and Sam Trickett made the call in the big blind.
The flop came and Trickett checked to Qiang, who bet 56,000. Trickett studied the board, and then made the call.
The turn was the , and Trickett checked to Qiang again, who bet 127,000. Our fearless chip leader didn't take long and made the call.
The river was the , and for a third straight time Trickett checked to Qiang. This time however, Qiang checked as well and mucked his hand, after Trickett showed for the win.
Trickett now is sitting with close to 1.5 million.