HomeWe got to the action on a full board 7♦ 8♣ 6♠ 6♥ 4♦ and a sizable pot already brewed. Michael Tran had 64k bet laid out and Yokosawa was on think mode. Yokosawa finally called and it was a good one indeed with his A♣ J♥ high card exposing Tran’s J♠ 9♦ bluff.
Shi Zhikui – 17th place
Short-stacked Shi Zhikui was all in with 9-9 and fell to Sai Ho Philip Chiu’s A-K. he exited in 17th place.
Chiu back up to over 700k.
Chan Ying Kit
Dong Guo and Chan Yang Kit faced off with Guo raising to 20k on the button and Chan defending his big blind. At the flop J♥ Q♦ 3♦, no bets landed, but on the 10♣ turn, Guo bet 23k and Chan check-called. On the river 5♦, Chan switched up and led out for 45k sending Guo tanking for a very long time. The clock was finally called on the pro and he opted to fold.
Daniel Tang
Daniel Tang has may have stolen the chip lead from Sai Ho Philip Chiu after he won four pots against him. The first one was a battle of the blinds. On a board 10♥ 9♥ A♠ Q♠, sb Chiu bet 22k and Tang called. On the river 10♣, Chiu checked, Tang fired out 93k, and Chiu gave up his stake on the pot.
On the next hand, action folded to Chiu on the button, he raised to 18k. Small blind Tan three-bet to 60k, and Chiu folded.
A couple of hands after, Tang claimed a splashier pot that initially saw five players in the hand. From utg, Victor Chong raised to 18k, Chiu, Tang, Jin Tian, and bb Gabriel Carter called. On the flop 10♠ 5♥[5d}, everyone checked. On the 4♦ turn, action was checked to Chiu who bet 37k, called only by Tang. On the Q♠ river, both checked and Tang won with 7♦ 7♥.
One more pickup for Tang, he three-bet Chiu’s 18k raise to 56k and won it with Chiu folding up.
Ronald Yu got three-bet shove with 101k total sending initial raiser Michael Tran tanking. He eventually made the call.
Yu K♦ K♥
Tran A♥ 6♥
The board ran 4♣ 7♥ 8♠ 5♥ 10♥ for a straight and nut flush to Tran. Yu claimed the first payout of the tournament. He earned HKD 38,900 for his deep finish.
The first deal is underway for Day 3 of the Championships Event. With the bubble bursting last night, the final 18 players are all in the money They will play down to the Final 8 players.
Level kicks off at Level 17
Blinds at 4000-8000 ante 1000
Average stack: 300,000
Total chips in play: 5.4M
Good luck to all!
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