Hand #98: Ong Dingxiang raised from the small blind to 500,000 and was met with a three-bet to 1,750,000 by Isaac Baron. Dingxiang shoved, putting Baron all in. Baron quickly called and the two turned their cards up.
Isaac Baron:
Ong Dingxiang:
The flop came and gave Dingxiang eight more outs to draw for the victory. However, the turn and river came and Baron secured the double.
Hand #105: Isaac Baron raised to 600,000 from the small blind and Ong Dingxiang folded.
Hand #106: Ong Dingxiang raised to 600,000 from the small blind and Isaac Baron folded.
Hand #107: Isaac Baron completed from the small blind and Ong Dingxiang checked. The two checked the flop and turn of and Dingxiang fired 300,000 on the river. Baron folded.
Hand #108: Ong Dingxiang raised to 600,000 from the small blind and Isaac Baron defended his big blind. The flop came and both players checked. Baron bet 1,000,000 on the turn and Dingxiang made the call. The river was and Baron fired out a bet of 5,000,000. Dingxiang thought about it and ultimately made the call.
Baron tabled for the flopped straight and took down the pot. He is now the new chip leader.
Hand #115: With no raise preflop, the flop came and Ong Dingxiang bet 300,000. Isaac Baron three-bet to 800,000 and Dingxiang called. Dingxiang check folded after Baron bet 2,000,000 on the turn.
Hand #116: Isaac Baron got a walk.
Hand #117: Isaac Baron raised to 750,000 and Ong Dingxiang called. Both players checked the until the river and Dingxiang bet 1,100,000 and Baron called. Dingxiang tabled and raked in the pot.
Hand #118: Ong Dingxiang raised to 750,000 and Isaac Baron called. Baron checked called the flop after Dingxiang bet 80-0,000.
The turn came the and Dingxiang bet out 1,300,000. Baron three-bet to 4,500,000 and Dingxiang called.
Baron shoved all in on the river for 9,750,000 and Dingxiang called.
Ong Dingxing:
Isaac Baron:
Baron turned trip fours and rivered a full house to get the double up and the chip lead.
Hand #124: Ong Dingxiang raised to 750,000 from the small blind and Isaac Baron folded.
Hand #125: Isaac Baron completed his small blind and folded to a raise from Ong Dingxiang to 1,000,000.
Hand #126: Ong Dingxiang raised from the small blind to 750,000. Isaac Baron three-bet to 2,350,000 and Dingxiang called. The flop came and Baron made a continuation-bet of 1,600,000. Dingxiang called, bringing the turn. Baron fired a second barrel of 2,500,000 and Dingxiang counted out chips to call, counted out the rest of his stack, and then pushed forward a call.
The river came and Baron announced he was all in, putting Dingxiang to a decision for his remaining 6,675,000. Dingxiang quickly called and the two turned over their hands.
Isaac Baron:
Ong Dingxiang:
Dingxiang's turned second-nut flush was good to secure the double and he now finds himself with the chip lead again.
Hand #160: Isaac Baron raised to 600,000 from the small blind and Ong Dingxiang called. The flop was and Dingxiang check-called a continuation-bet of 800,000 from Baron. He then led out for 1,800,000 on a turn and Baron folded.
Hand #161: Ong Dingxiang raised preflop to 900,000 and Isaac Baron folded.
Hand #162: Isaac Baron raised from the small blind to 600,000 and Ong Dingxiang defended. Both players checked on a flop. The turn was and Dingxiang bet 1,300,000. Baron called and the turn came . Dingxiang fired again for 4,200,000 and Baron folded.
Hand #163 Ong Dingxiang raised to 900,000 from the small blind and Isaac Baron reraised to 3,000,000, which got a fold from Dingxiang.
Hand #164 Isaac Baron opened to 600,000 and Ong Dingxiang three-bet to 2,400,000. Baron four-bet to 5,600,000 and Dingxiang shoved all in. Baron called for his tournament life and the two turned over their cards.
Ong Dingxiang:
Isaac Baron:
The board ran out clean for Baron as the dealer turned over and he secured the double up.
Hand #174: Ong Dingxiang raised to 600,000 and Isaac Baron folded.
Hand #175: Ong Dingxing tried to raised to 600,000 but put in a straddle bet so it was just a call, Baron checked his option. Baron check-raised Dingxiang's bet of 600,000 to 2,100,000 after a flop. Dingxiang four-bet all in for 9,000,000 and Baron called.
Isaac Baron:
Ong Dingxiang: .
Baron flopped two pair but the on the turn gave Dingxiang the flush. The river came the and Dingxiang got the double up.
Hand #176: Isaac Baron raised to 600,000 and Ong Dingxiang three-bet to 2,100,000, Baron folded.
Hand #177: Ong Dingxiang raised to 625,000 and Isaac Baron called. Baron called the 700,000 bet from Duingxiang after the flop came . Dingxiang bet 1,200,000 on the turn, Baron folded.
Hand #178: With no raise preflop, the action came after a flop when Ong Dingxiang bet 300,000 and Isaac Baron folded.
Day 3 of Event #16: 1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed saw 21 players return to the action for their chance to win a WSOP gold bracelet. After 10 levels of play, only two players remain. Day 2 was supposed to end with a newly crowned WSOP Champion, but after 100 hands of heads up action, and chips going back and forth, Isaac Baron and Ong Dingxiang decided to call it a night and return to action on Saturday.
Final Table Results So Far
Place
Player
Country
Prize (USD)
1
$407,739
2
$251,937
3
Stephen Graner
United States
$177,085
4
James Hughes
United States
$126,011
5
Richard Hasnip
United Kingdom
$90,791
6
Cameron Marshall
United States
$66,243
7
Pierce McKellar
United States
$48,954
Day 3 Action
Ong Dingxiang came into Day 3 second in chips and never looked back. Dingxiang tallied up numerous eliminations throughout the day, but a big turning point for him was when he eliminated the Day 2 chip leader Romain Nussmann.
Dingxiang opened on the button with a raise to 190,000, Romain Nussmann called from the big blind. Dingxiang bet out 225,000 after a flop of and Nussmann raised to 700,000. Dingxiang three-bet jammed and Nussmann called. Dingxiang had pocket queens and Nussmann . Nussmann had flopped top pair but couldn't catch up to the overpair of Dingxiang and Nussmann was eliminated in ninth place.
Baron was another player who got off to a really hot start after eliminating Hans Joachim Hein, Marc Robinson, Nicholas Dolen, Ryan Brown and Henry Lu. One of the big hands that catapulted Baron was when he called Lu's all in for 855,000. Baron was behind Lu's holding but the board would run out and Baron hit his straight to eliminate Lu.
Place
Player
Country
Prize (USD)
8
Nicolas Careme
France
$48,954
9
Romain Nussmann
France
$36,647
10
Henry Lu
United States
$36,647
11
Ryan Brown
United States
$27,796
12
Nicholas Dolen
United States
$27,796
13
Dane Tallen
United States
$21,364
14
Linglin Zeng
China
$21,364
15
Vadim Shlez
Ukraine
$21,364
16
Kai McCue-Unicano
United States
$21,364
17
Marc Robinson
United States
$21,364
18
Ronni Borg
Denmark
$21,364
19
Michael Gagliano
United States
$16,643
20
Hans Joachim Hein
Germany
$16,643
21
Thomas Fuller
United States
$16,643
The Hand That Changed Everything
Ong Dingxiang
It happened on Hand #48 at the final table when Stephen Graner opened with a raise to 260,000 from the cutoff, Ong Dingxiang three-bet to 930,000 on the button and action folded to Isaac Baron who four-bet to 2,600,000 from the big blind. Graner got out of the way and Dingxiang tagged along. Baron check-called the 1,700,000 bet from Dingxiang after a flop of and both players checked the on the turn. The river came the putting a jack-high straight on the board. Baron checked to Dingxiang who put out a bet of 6,600,000 and Baron instantly called.
Isaac Baron:
Ong Dingxiang:
Baron had the second nuts to a queen-high straight but that was no good as Dingxiang had the best hand with the king-high straight he raked in a monster pot that had over a third of the chips in play,
Heads up action for Event #16: 1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed resumes at 2 p.m. local time on Saturday so come back here to find out who the new WSOP champion will be as the PokerNews Live reporting team will be on the floor giving you all of the live updates.