HomeJ.J. Liang opened to 32,000 from under the gun and saw Huy Pham call from the big blind.
Liang bet another 33,000 on the flop 2♦ 3♦ K♦ and Pham quickly got away from his hand.
From the middle position, Feng Zhao, the dominant chip leader at this point, opened to 34,000 and saw a caller from the big blind in JJ Liang.
All-heart flop arrived A♥ 6♥ K♥ and Liang checked his option.
Zhao continued his story and bet 47,000. Liang called.
Turn was a 7♠ and again Liang checked.
Zhao, yet again, went on with his tale: betting 89,000 this time. Again, Liang called.
River 3♣ was tabled and Liang just checked again.
No stopping Zhao, who fired a bigger 167,000 on the river to send Liang to the tank…
The Chinese called and was shown the bad news: Zhao had the big slick for two pairs right on the flop.
Liang shook his head as he mucked.
Zhao now has over 1.8M at this point.
Feng Zhao sure knows how to use his big stack. In the hand, Fawaz raised to 36000, was called by Jie Jie Liang, and when action landed on the big blind Zhao, he repopped it to 89000. Without a thought, both Fawaz and Liang threw their cards to the middle.
Mike Fawaz was sitting on the big blind when action folded to the small blind/massive chip leader, Feng Zhao. Zhao announced all in and after checking his cards, Fawaz was in and made the call for his tournament life. Fawaz was ahead with A♦ K♣ against Zhao’s A♣ 2♦ and with the board running 10♠ 5♥ 3♠ J♦ K♠, Fawaz celebrated his double up to over 600K.
Betting Odds still open at MegaSportsWorld:
Feng Zhao (Singapore) 2.20
Jia Jie Liang (China) 4.50
Iñaki Santos (Spain) 9.00
Mike Fawaz (Lebanon) 5.00
Michael Marvanek (Australia) 14.00
Hyeong Wook Choi (Korea) 14.00
Huy Pham (Vietnam) 14.00
We saw the players get it all in postflop J♥ 6♠ 10♠
Mikal Blomlie: 5♣ 5♦
Feng Zhao: A♥ A♠
Turn 2♣ and river 7♣ can’t save the Norwegian and he is out of the main event at 8th place for $15,100.
Zhao climbs to dizzying heights now with over 1.8 million in chips– INARGUABLE a dominating stack over the rest of the field.
Chip leader Feng Zhao opened to 34,000 in the first bet of the final table. Huy Pham, the shortest stack among the eight, shoved worth 228,000.
Zhao threw away his hand and Pham sends his message that despite being the shortest stack in the FT, he won’t be bullied by anyone including the player with the biggest stack.
APT Tournament director Lloyd Fontillas now with the traditional callout for the final table! Players are taking their seats and we’ll be ready to go in a few!