HomeLiu Yi is running second in command to Aik Chuan but hasn’t been able to grow much past his starting stack today. He recently won a couple of pots but against the leader, he seemed to have a tougher time. He also lost one to Mitsuru Sano.
The hand against Chuan saw a raised to 12.5k by the leader and found two callers but when action was at big blind Yi, he told Chuan, “not this time”. Yi re-raised to 35k. Action moved to Chuan who called, and was joined by short stacked Hailong Huang while Paphawin Laodee folded up.
The flop ran 4♠ 8♦ Q♣, Yi checked, Chuan bet 45k, Huang folded, and after a seemingly tough decision, Yi folded.
The next hand he lost was in a battle of the blinds against big blind Sano. Yi raised to 12k preflop and Sano called. The flop came 7♣ 7♠ Q♠, Yi led for 10k and Sano called. On the 6♣ turn, Yi checked while Sano fired out 25k and Yi called.
On the 5♦ river, Yi checked once more, Sano bet 54k, and after sizing up Sano, Yi called. Sano won with his J♠ 7♦ trips.
Despite the losses, he is still above average stack.