HomeAfter losing the chip lead to Liu Yi, Aik Chuan continued with his aggressive play and was rewarded with a few pots to send him back on top. His first beefy winning pot came from Hailong Huang. Huang raised to 15k preflop and Chuan defended on the big blind. No bets came until the board completed 7♥ 3♥ Q♦ J♣ J♠. Chuan bet 18k and was called. He opened up 8♥ 8♠ and Huang mucked.
Next hand was against Liu Yi. Staring down a flop 2♣ 7♦ 3♣, Chuan bet 14k onto a raised pot preflop. Yi check-raised to make it 30k, and Chuan called. On the 4♠ turn it was checked by both, but on the 6♣ river, Chuan fired out 50k and Yi gave up his stake for the pot.
Mitsuru Sano was the next player to donate to Chuan. He three-bet Chuan’s 14k raise to make it 36k. On the A♦ 3♦ 8♠ flop, Sano fired out 27k and was flat-called. On the 3♥ turn and Q♣ rive, no bets fell and Chuan won with A♠ 10♣ over Sano’s J♦ 9♠.
He was not invincible though. He lost 55k to Huang on the next hand but still leads with 400k in chips. Average stack is 250k.