Meng Straight into the Action
There have been more new arrivals, with Macau’s Chin Weng Lai, Hong Kong’s Fung Lin, Thailand’s Phachara Wongwichit and China’s Guangli Liu and Guangrui Meng all signing up and taking their seats.
Meng, sitting in the big blind in this particular hand, wasted no time getting into the thick of the action, calling a Soo Young Kim middle position raise of 450 to take the action heads-up to a flop of 
.
Meng checked the action over to Kim, who continuation bet another 450, which was quickly called to keep the action heads-up to the 
turn. This pattern of events repeated with Meng check-calling once more, though Kim’s raise was a little larger this time, with the Korean firing for 800.
The 
river brought in a possible backdoor heart flush and now Meng reached for chips, leading out for 3,400. Kim folded extremely quickly and Meng won his first pot of the day, climbing to 16,700 while Kim dropped to 13,300.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
16,700
16,700
|
16,700 |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
13,300
-300
|
-300 |