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After Kahle Burns lost a sizable portion of his stack to Victor Chong, it was only a matter of time that he would get it all in. With blinds up and Burns sitting with 14bbs, he shoved on top of Alecz Chan’s 50k preflop raise. Chan called.
Chan K♣ K♦
Burns A♥ J♠
The board ran 4♣ 5♦ 2♦ Q♣ 10♠ and Burns was out in 6th place. He earned HKD 115,400 for his deep run.
Chan climbed to 1.2M in chips.
Tetsuya Tsuchikawa raised to 32k and button Justin Chan called. At the flop A♠ 6♠ 2♦ both checked and the turn came K♣. Tsuchikawa led for 35k, Chan called, and on to fifth street 6♦. Tsuchikawa continued betting with 85k sliding out of his corner. Chan called then mucked after seeing Tsuchikawa’s K♠ K♦ set.
Terry Tang wasn’t able to recover from his earlier loss to Kahle Burns that sent his stack way below average. With his remaining 241k, he moved all in on a pot that was initially raised by Victor Chong and called by Alecz Chan. Chong folded but Chan quickly called.
Tang A♥ Q♥
Chan A♦ K♦
The board ran Q♣ 4♦ A♦ for an immediate jump to trips for Tang but the 8♦ turn pushed Chan higher with a nut flush. The 5♣ river completed the spread and Tang was ousted in 7th place. He earned HKD 110,300 for his deep finish.
Chan now at 940k.
When two heavy-hitters go head-to-head, someone is bound to get spanked. During this hand, Kahle Burns and Victor Chong went at it with Burns initiating the action with a 35k bet. Chong called on the button.
At the flop 4♠ 10♣ Q♦, Burns bet 36k and Chong matched it up. On the 7♦ turn, Burns continued and fired out 116k. Chong stuck with him and called. On the J♣ river, Burns put out another bet of around 180k and got the call.
Burns showed A♦ 5♦ missed flush draw while Chong opened Q♣ J♠ two pair. Chong climbed to 1.6M and Burns plummeted to 280k.
Alecz Chan dropped to half of average stack in a previous hand against Victor Chong but has recovered some of the lost chips and more to reach average stack. He kicked off the action with a raise to 35k from the utg seat and got called by button Justin Chan and Michael Soyza.
At the flop K♥ J♣ 5♠, action was checked to button Justin Chan and he slid out a 35k bet. Both Soyza and Alecz Chan check-called. On the 10♥ turn no bets arrived but on the 2♠ river, Alecz Chan bet 128k and won it with no challenge.
He now has over 600k.
Justin Chan earned a couple of pots to rise well over 800k. One of those hands was up against Victor Chong in a battle of the blinds situation. Action began with everyone folding to Chan (sb) and he slid out a 48k raise. Chong defended and called.
The flop 3♥ J♥ 2♣ and K♦ turn drew no bets but on the K♥ river, Chan led for 53k and Chong called. Chan won with 9♥ 9♦ as Chong mucked.
Alecz Chan was involved in a huge pot against the leader Victor Chong that ended up with him giving up a third of his stack. On a complete board of J♠ Q♠ J♣ 2♦ 9♠, Chan bet 120k onto a pot of around 165k then faced a challenge for his tournament life with Chong pushing all in. Chan folded. He is now down to 300k while Chong continues to dominate with his stack well over seven digits. By the looks of it, he has over 1.2M.
Short stacked Tetsuya Tsuchikawa was the next player to get a nice boost in chips.
Tsuchikawa A♣ K♠
Chong A♦ Q♦
The board ran 9♦ 10♥ A♥ 8♥ 4♣. Tsuchikawa now has 515k. Chong’s stack was barely dented. He has over a million in chips.
Double ups are rare at the final table, especially not for players with fairly big stacks. A moment ago, Justin Chan earned one off Kahle Burns. We caught the action on the river betting and a board of K♠ 7♠ J♠ 4♥ J♣. There was around 75k already brewed prior. Big blind spot Burns bet 12k, Chan raised to 67k, Burns three-bet all in putting the way covered man Chan in the tank for a couple of minutes. With still 333k behind, Chan found the guts to call and put his tournament life at risk. As soon as he did, Burns said “you win” while turning over 7♣ 8♦. Chan did have the better hand with A♣ J♦ trips.
Chan now at 740k and Burns at 700k.