Li Picks Off Lifu Before Break
There were several sizable pots that played out just before the break with Liu Lifu pushing Huang Qien off a decent sized pot without showdown to climb to 2.4 million while Qien dropped to 1.86 million.
Then Zhong Yuan Hang called a late position Linh Tran raise and c-bet on a flop of 
with Hang opening the 
turn and folding out Tran, who dropped to 1.1 million while Hang stacked up to 3.1 million.
Then an interesting hand played out between Liu Lifu and Longyun Li that took about 10-minutes to play out and ate up 8-minutes of both players break.
Pre-flop Lifu changed gears and limped from under-the-gun and the action folded around to Li, who threw out a bet of 180,000 from middle position with Lifu the only caller.
Lifu check the 
flop over to Li, who chose to c-bet 260,000, which Lifu called. Li evidently did not like this too much as when the 
hit the turn and Lifu checked it over to Li for the second time he spent a couple of minutes in the tank before checking it back.
The 
river saw Lifu reach for a sizable about of pink 25k chips and he now led for a chunky 415,000 bet to send Li deep into the tank, where he remained for several minutes, talking to himself under his breath.
Eventually though, he slapped down the call and Lifu turned over 
for an ace-high bluff. Li triumphantly turned over 
to take the hand and pull out in front just that little bit further, climbing to 4.35 million while Lifu dropped to 1.4 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,350,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
3,100,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
1,860,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
|
1,400,000 | |
|
1,100,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |