Level: 22
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 125,000
Level: 22
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 125,000
Down to 1,650,000 and in the cutoff, Fei Xu pushed all-in and Aori called on the button.
Fei Xu: K♠10♣
Aori: Q♣J♦
The A♥Q♠7♦ flop gave Aori the lead with a pair of queens while Xu had a gutshot and one overcard. Nothing changed on the 9♠ turn and the 7♠ river was another blank, sending Xu out in fourth place for $461,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Aori |
9,900,000
1,500,000
|
1,500,000 |
Fei Xu | Busted |
Kobe limped in and Joy then pushed all-in for 850,000 total. The chip leader asked how much more it was to call and then came along after a few seconds.
Joy: K♦8♦
Kobe: 7♥7♦
The 10♦9♣6♦ flop gave Joy a flush draw and gutshot while Kobe turned a straight with the 8♣. Now, Joy needed a diamond and the K♣ river was not enough to keep her in contention. She was eliminated in fifth place for $327,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kobe |
18,400,000
1,900,000
|
1,900,000 |
Joy | Busted |
Zong Tao pushed all-in for 975,000 and Aori did so with the covering stack from the hijack to isolate.
Zong Tao: A♣8♣
Aori: A♠A♦
The A♥J♣8♥ flop left Tao in need of perfect running cards but it was all over on the J♦ turn to make the 10♣ river a formality. Tao was eliminated in 6th place for $240,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Aori |
8,400,000
875,000
|
875,000 |
Zong Tao | Busted |
Ming Zhong Liu jammed it in for 1,750,000 with the K♦9♠ and Zong Tao called with A♣J♦ on the button.
It was yet another roller coaster ride on the 10♣9♣7♠J♠Q♠ board as the lead changed three times for Liu to double, leaving Tao short.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ming Zhong Liu |
3,800,000
1,450,000
|
1,450,000 |
Zong Tao |
1,200,000
-1,900,000
|
-1,900,000 |
Kobe pushed all-in to collect the antes and showed the K♣K♥. He then jammed again the next hand and Da Seng Sun called all-in for around 2.4 million on the button.
Da Seng Sun: K♣J♣
Kobe: A♠7♣
The A♦J♥9♥ flop gave Kobe top pair and Sun second pair. Sun pulled ahead with two pair on the K♥ turn but the tides changed once more with the A♥ river, as Kobe improved to trips aces.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kobe |
16,500,000
2,975,000
|
2,975,000 |
Da Seng Sun | Busted | |
|
Da Seng Sun jammed the first hand of the final table and earned the antes.
Fei Xu then jammed his last 325,000 and Zong Tao reraised to 1,275,000 for the isolation.
Fei Xu: 10♣7♣
Zong Tao: A♥Q♠
The A♦K♥9♣ flop had Xu on the ropes but he picked up running cards for a straight on the 8♣ turn and 6♦ river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Zong Tao |
3,100,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
Fei Xu |
1,350,000
925,000
|
925,000 |
There are 25 minutes left in the level and the seat assignments of the final seven players are as follows.
Seat | Name | Country | Chip Count | Antes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ming Zhong Liu | China | 2,350,000 | 24 |
2 | Fei Xu | China | 425,000 | 4 |
3 | Da Seng Sun | China | 2,225,000 | 22 |
4 | Zong Tao | China | 3,500,000 | 35 |
5 | Aori | China | 7,525,000 | 75 |
6 | Kobe | United Kingdom | 13,525,000 | 135 |
7 | Joy | China | 1,950,000 | 20 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kobe |
13,525,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Aori |
7,525,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
Zong Tao | 3,500,000 | |
Ming Zhong Liu |
2,350,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
Da Seng Sun | 2,225,000 | |
|
||
Joy |
1,950,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
Fei Xu |
425,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
Dan Cates moved all-in for 1,425,000 in the hijack and Kobe called in the cutoff, Joy folded on the button.
Dan Cates: J♣10♥
Kobe: Q♦10♣
The queen-high would play on the A♦K♥7♦8♥8♠ board and that sent Cates to the rail in eighth place. There will now be a short break ahead of the unofficial seven-handed final table.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kobe |
13,500,000
1,600,000
|
1,600,000 |
Dan Cates | Busted | |
|
Joy pushed all-in for 925,000 and Dan Cates isolated with a shove from the cutoff.
Joy: A♥A♠
Dan Cates: K♥Q♦
The aces improved to a full house on the 10♠10♦6♥A♦7♠ and Cates was left with around 14 antes.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joy |
2,000,000
975,000
|
975,000 |
Dan Cates |
1,425,000
-1,125,000
|
-1,125,000 |
|