Victory for the Chens

Both of the tournament’s remaining Chen's – Pete and James, both from Taiwan, have just taken down pots at the same time on two different tables.

James Chen’s hand happened first and we caught the action on the turn with the board reading just as Chen checked from the small blind.

Day 2 new entry Andy Wang, who was on the button, led out for a sizable bet of roughly 19,000 or so into a pot of over 48,000 only to see Chen check-raise all-in for another 22,300 more.

Wang mulled it over but decided to give it up and dropped down to 28,000 while Chen climbed to a little over 90,000.

Over on table two, it was Fabian Quoss who was the initial aggressor, opening from under-the-gun for 4,500 before Quan Zhou, sitting in the hi-jack, re-raised to 11,000 in total.

Next to act Pete Chen tanked for a few seconds before moving all-in for 49,300 in total. While this was more than enough to get Quoss to bow out Zhou asked for a count and thought over his options. Should he call and lose Zhou would be left with around 65,000 so he gave the matter grave consideration.

However, Zhou did eventually decide to make the call and the cards were turned over.

Pete Chen:
Quan Zhou: