A Little Lull
We know there have been some bust outs as the number of players on the tournament clock has dropped down to 58, it’s just that our timing seems a little off and we have not caught a single one.
It’s getting to that time in the tournament where a lot of pots are decided pre-flop, or else folded out on the flop after a single bet.
Hong Kong’s Danny Tang, Carson Wong, Sparrow Cheung and Justin Chan are all seated at the same table and are all deep-stacked so there is potential for fireworks.
However, that has not really been the case at all as no one is really getting out of line. We caught a hand between Danny Tang and Justin Chan that is the perfect example of how a great deal of the current action is going.
Action folded around to Chan on the button and he made it 10,500 with Tang the only caller in the big blind. The flop came down and there was all of no betting with the turn and river completing the hand. Tang turned over and Chan mucked.
China’s Yu Dong still holds the chip lead and we were hoping to catch him in action but instead were treated to a masterclass in poker with Dong winning three hands in a row, just by opening to 11,000. No one wants to tangle with the big stack apparently and Dong took down all three pots pre-flop to make 31,500 in blinds, all without a flop being dealt.