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Immediately after losing a pot to Evegeny Kurilenko, Wang Meng recouped those lost chips and more. He delivered a double knockout claiming all of Tetsuya Tsuchikawa and Benedict Koh’s chips. Action began with Tsuchikawa all in, Koh joining in, then Meng as well after getting the count.
Tsuchikawa A♦ 8♦
Koh A♥ K♥
Meng 10♣ 10♥
The board came 2♠ 6♣ 3♥ 9♠ Q♠. Meng’s pair held and he climbed to back up to 630k.
We are down to 26 players.
Evegny Kurilenko has been sporting a very big stack since the start of the day staying way above average. He just crossed the million marker after a great call on Wang Meng, The hand kicked off with Kurilenko raising to 14k from the cutoff seat. Yong Bin Wang called on the button and Wang Meng from the big blind.
At the flop K♣ 3♦ J♦, Meng checked, Kurilenko c-bet 18k, Yong folded, Meng raised to 41k, and Kurilenko called. On the 5♣ turn, Meng led for 85k and Kurilenko stuck with him. On the K♠ river, Meng fired out 140k and Kurilenko called after tanking for less than a minute.
Meng had A♥ 6♥ that was no good against Kurilenko’s 9♣ 3♣ two pair. What a call with his small pair.
All in preflop action between Yudong Yang A♠ 4♥ and Sai Ho Philip Chiu A♥ K♥ saw the board run 5♣ 7♥ 7♣ 4♠ to improve Yang only to be denied on the K♣ river. Chiu now up to 820k.
Lee Chin Yong has been swinging wildly since the start of the day with probably the most all ins announced out of any player today. We missed the action that recently went down but we did see him ship in a massive pile to bring him up to 740k. The board showed J♥ K♦ 4♣ 5♥ K♥ and Yong’s winning hand was K♣ 3♥.
Two hands is what ended Lim Min Soon’s hunt for the title. The first hand was the set over set loss to Hung Sheng Lin then returning from a break, he met his end at the hands of Yoichi Uesugi.
Action prelop saw a raise to 14k by Uesugi from the hijack seat, called by Lim on the button. At the flop 10♦ J♦ K♠, Uesugi c-bet 20.5k, Lim raised, Uesugi shoved, Lim called.
Lim K♣ Q♣
Uesugi A♦ Q♦
The turn 6♠ and river 2♠ ended the hand sending Lim out of the running.
37th Chao Liao – China – HKD 25,700
38th Antonio Martins – Portugal – HKD 25,700
39th Park Yu Sparrow Cheung – Hong Kong – HKD 25,700
40th Samuel Welbourne – New Zealand – HKD 25,700
41st Haijin Qin – China – HKD 25,700
42nd Yin Zhang – China – HKD 25,700
43rd Ivan Xia – China – HKD 25,700
44th Wenrui Wang – China – HKD 25,700
45th Graham Cowan – Australia – HKD 25,700
Hele Liu entered Day 3 as one of the leaders and still we haven’t been able to get a look at his big pots. He now has over 600k and may well be the player in command. We did catch one small pot between him and Yudong Yang.
From late position, Liu raised to 11k and big blind Yang defended. At the flop A♦ 9♦ 5♦, no bets came. On the 4♠ turn, Yang led for 12k and Liu called. On the J♠ river, Yang checked, Liu bet 20k, and Yang called. Liu won with his K♣ K♠.
A wild hand just completed with one player having to pay a costly double up in a sick set over set situation. The hand kicked off with a raise to 10k by Hung Sheng Lin, called by button Lim Min Soon, and the blinds.
At the flop 5♦ A♠ 3♦, action was checked all the way to Lim. He fired out a 20k bet. Blinds folded while Hung raised to 68k. This was answered by Lim with a three-bet to 160k, Hung shoved, and Lim called.
Hung A♣ A♥ set
Lim 5♠ 5♥ set
The turn 6♥ and river 8♦ sealed the victory and Hung doubled up to 560k. Lim dropped to 120k.
A very tense moment between the day’s entering chip leader Wang Meng and the newcomer at his table, Yong Bin Wang. Action began with a raise to 23k by utg Yong, three-bet to 58k by Meng, then called by Yong.
At the flop 8♠ Q♠ Q♦, Yong checked, Meng continued with the aggression firing out 75k. Yong tanked for a while then called. On the Q♥ turn, Yong took the lead and bet 85k then Meng answered with a shove of an additional 154k. Yong tanked again then opted to fold. Meng showed his K♣ J♥ bluff.