Down to his last 265,000, Davidi Kitai moved all in from the hijack and David Peters called, while the rest of the table got out of the way.
Davidi Kitai:
David Peters:
The flop of brought no help just yet for the Belgian, but Kitai paired up on the turn. A blank river changed nothing and Kitai found yet another double.
Short stack Shuo Li moved all in for 155,000 from the cutoff and David Peters took his time before announcing all in from the small blind, forcing a quick fold from Nick Petrangelo in the big blind.
Shuo Li:
David Peters:
The Chinese rail was rooting for a ten, but the board ran out to eliminate Li in 7th place for a payday of HK$ 620,000. All six remaining hopefuls now have HK$ 778,000 (~$100,124) locked up for their efforts.
Zuo Wang it appears is a superstitious man, and while he had the option to move his chair over and gain a little more elbowroom he did not want to take the place of the recently departed Mikita Badziakouski as he believes it is bad luck.
Wang may be right and won a decent pot from Peters shortly afterward. Pre-flop it was Wang in the driving seat opening the action with a raise to 90,000 from the cutoff and Peters made the call from the big blind.
Both players checked the flop and Peters decided to try and take control of the hand on the turn with a bet of 170,000.
Wang asked how much the bet was for before sliding out the call and the dealer peeled off the river.
This brought a check from Peters and a tickly little 50,000 bet from Wang. Peters folded instantly.
The action folded all the way around to Mikita Badziakouski in the small blind and he asked table neighbor and big blind Zuo Wang for the stack size. When his shot clock had run down to just one second, Badziakouski moved all in. Wang checked his stack carefully and had Badziakouski covered by a mere three antes, then called with 10 seconds left on his own clock.
Mikita Badziakouski:
Zuo Wang:
The flop of was bad news for Badziakouski, as he now needed running cards to avoid elimination. It was all over after the turn, making the river a formality. Badziakouski was eliminated in 8th place for HK$ 485,000 and left the table with a smile and "ah well, next time."
The remaining 7 players are now guaranteed HK$ 620,000 (approximately $79,790).
Mikita Badziakouski won the first hand back after the break after opening to 235,000 leaving himself 100,000 behind and finding no callers.
In the next hand, action folded around to Davidi Kitai in the hi-jack and he moved the last of his chips into the middle for a bet of 155,000. Nivk Petrangelo asked for a count from the button and then made the call and both the blinds got out of the way to take play heads-up.
Davidi Kitai:
Nick Petrangelo:
Kitai hit the flop and stayed in front as the turn and ran out to grant him the nut flush and he earned the double.
The remaining 8 players in the HK$206,000 Single Re-entry Shot Clock event are now in the money and on a 15-minute break. Play will resume shortly so stay with us as we see who has got what it takes to take down the tournament and the HK$3,645,000 first prize
The very last hand before the break would provide fireworks and it was Fabian Quoss who started the action with an all in for his last 152,000 from early position. Some opponents seemed interested, Shuo Li in fact asked for a count, but it folded around to David Peters in the small blind. Peters announced all in and Nick Petrangelo checked his cards, then called instantly.
Fabian Quoss:
Nick Petrangelo:
David Peters:
After a board of , the elimination of Quoss was locked up on the turn already and he was crowned bubble boy. Petrangelo however doubled for 444,000 through Peters to boost his stack up to more than a million.
When the action resumes, all remaining eight hopefuls have at least HK$ 485,000 (~$62,416) guaranteed.
Jack Salter limped in from the button and Quan Zhou checked his option in the big blind. The flop fell and Zhou checked, while Salter now bet 42,000. Zhou called and the duo checked the on the turn.
The river completed the board and Zhou checked. Salter, back to his stoic mode with sunglasses on and roboter-like betting, grabbed some chips and carefully bet 110,000. With five seconds left on his shot clock, Zhou called and Salter instantly mucked.
A few hands later, Davidi Kitai moved all in for 134,000 from under the gun and all opponents folded. Kitai and Fabian Quoss are the two shortest stacks on the money bubble right now.
brought no help just yet for the Belgian, but Kitai paired up on the 
turn. A blank 
river changed nothing and Kitai found yet another double.
to eliminate Li in 7th place for a payday of HK$ 620,000. All six remaining hopefuls now have HK$ 778,000 (~$100,124) locked up for their efforts.
flop and Peters decided to try and take control of the hand on the 
river.
river a formality. Badziakouski was eliminated in 8th place for HK$ 485,000 and left the table with a smile and "ah well, next time."
, the elimination of Quoss was locked up on the turn already and he was crowned bubble boy. Petrangelo however doubled for 444,000 through Peters to boost his stack up to more than a million.
and Zhou checked, while Salter now bet 42,000. Zhou called and the duo checked the 
river completed the board and Zhou checked. Salter, back to his stoic mode with sunglasses on and roboter-like betting, grabbed some chips and carefully bet 110,000. With five seconds left on his shot clock, Zhou called and Salter instantly mucked.