HomeFour players remaining
Sai Ho Philip Chiu 1,105,000
Evgeny Kurilenko 2,960,000
Wang Jun 520,000
Hung Sheng Lin 4,840,000
Average stack 2,356,250
Hung Sheng Lin is in full command with his massive artillery. After railing Hele Liu, he claimed another two pots to drive it up to 4.7M which is half of the chips in circulation.
Hele Liu was the next casualty of the final table. After losing a big chunk of his stack on an earlier hand to Evgeny Kurilenko, he just couldn’t recover back to par. He met his end at the hands of Hung Sheng Lin.
From the utg seat, Liu raised to 125k and big blind Lin called. On the flop A♠ Q♠ K♥, Lin checked, Liu bet 240k, and Lin tank-called. On the 10♠ turn, Lin checked, Liu banged out 300k, and Lin tank-shoved. Liu called for his tournament life.
Lin J♠ 7♠ flush
Liu J♥ 9♥ straight
The river 5♥ was of no consequence and Liu stormed out. He earned HKD 146,900 for his deep run.
Sai Ho Philip Chiu has dropped below average stack after losing a couple of pots. The first sizable one was against Evgeny Kurilenko. On a raised pot preflop, and the board showing 6♠ 4♦ 8♠, Chiu check-called an 85k bet. On the 3♠ turn they both checked, then on the river Q♣, Chiu bet 255k and got called. He showed A♠[jh} high card but was behind Kurilenko’s Q♦ 10♦ pair.
The next hand was against Hele Liu. Chiu raised to 140k and Liu defended on the big blind. At the flop 7♠ 6♠ 4♣, Liu checkd, Chiu bet 110k, Liu called. On the 6♥ turn, it was friendly checking, but once the river 7♣ dropped, Liu sent a hefty 275k bet. He won the pot with Chiu folding up. Chiu at 1.8M.
Hung Sheng Lin is now at 2.6M after scooping up three pots against Evegeny Kurilenko. On the first hand, Lin raised to 125k from the cutoff, Kurilenko three-bet to 425k from the bb seat, Lin four-bet shoved. No challenge from Kurilenko.
Next pot was first raised by Sai Ho Philip Chiu to 135k, called by button Kurilenko and big blind Lin. At the flop 5♣ 9♣ 3♥, action was checked to Kurilenko who sent out 175k. Lin check-called while Chiu folded. On the 7♥ turn, no bets came, then on the river 4♠, Lin jumped out with a 255k bet and that did it. He won with Kurilenko folding.
The third pot was a fast one. Kurilenko raised to 120k, Lin three-bet to 330k, and once again a fold by Kurilenko.
Hele Liu did not like the turnout of this hand as he lost a sizable amount of chips to Evgeny Kurilenko. The action began with a cutoff raise to 100k by Kurilenko, and called by big blind Hele Liu. At the flop 8♠ J♥ 5♠, Liu check-called a 90k bet. On the 3♠ turn, Liu check-called a bigger bet of 250k. Then on the river 10♦, Liu with another check-call of 500k. Kurilenko had Q♠ 9♥ straight. Liu mucked visibly upset saying he had two pair.
Kurilenko retakes the lead with 3.7M while Liu dropped to 1.3M
Sai Ho Philip Chiu continues to beef up his stack. He just won a sizable pot against Hung Sheng Lin that awarded him over 400k of LIn’s stack. On a raised pot preflop, the players stared down a flop K♠ 9♦ 6♦. Chiu check-called an 85k bet and the turn came 3♥. Both checked and the river 2♠ completed the board. Chiu switched gears and slid out 280k. Lin called. Chiu won with his K♦ 5♠.
Wang Jun was dominated when he put his tournament life at risk. Evgeny Kurilenko had A♥ Q♥ while he held K♦ 3♦. However, the board was kind to him as it ran 8♥ K♠ 10♣ 9♣ 8♦ to improve to two pair and double up. Jun now has 810K. Kurilenko dropped to 1.8M which is average stack.
Sai Ho Philip Chiu 2,255,000
Evgeny Kurilenko 2,635,000
Wang Jun 320,000
Hung Sheng Lin 2,075,000
Hele Liu 2,140,000
Average stack: 1,885,000