Liu Lifu Eliminated in 4th Place (HK$462,000)
As the final tables shortest stack Liu Lifu had been playing quite snug and had dropped to 1.2 million. The action was 10-minutes into the new level when the action folded around to the Chinese player on the button. Lifu peeked down at his cards and declared himself all-in and big blind Longyun Li asked for a count.
Lifu had exactly 1.2 million and Li, who had chips to spare with roughly 5.7 million, thought it over and evidently thought the opportunity to take play three-handed was one he could not pass up on and slammed down a huge tower of pink 25k chips to represent the call and the hands were turned face-up.
Liu Lifu: 
Longyun Li: 
While Lifu grimaced as soon as Li made the call his ace-high was actually the best hand, that was until the flop fell 
, giving Li the lead and leaving Lifu teetering on the brink of elimination.
The 
turn was the final nail in Lifu’s coffin and left him drawing dead, meaning the 
river, while giving Lifu top pair, was irrelevant.
That took the action three-way and Li stacked up to a little over 6 million while Li headed for the rail, stopping by the cash desk to collect the equivalent of US$59,273.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,050,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
Busted |