HomeOn a flop of 2♣ 10♠ 3♦, Liu Yi bet 30k, Aik Chuan raised to 65k, then Yi asked for a look of Chuan’s remaining stack. Having Chuan well covered, Yi shoved only to hear a snap-call from Chuan.
Yi A♦ 5♥
Chuan 2♠ 3♠
The turn A♦ improved Yi but he was still behind. When the river landed 3♣, Chuan filled up and claimed a massive double up to 516k in chips.
Yi fell to 431k and Mitsuru Sano is sitting on 303k.
Hailong Huang staged a great run entering the final table wit his short stack. However, he has just fallen in 4th place in a hand against Aik Chuan. The preflop action saw Chuan limp in on the button, Huang raised to 30k on the small blind, and Chuan called.
The flop 4♠ 2♦ J♣ saw a 20k bet from Huang, Chuan raised to 40k, Huang shoved his remaining 65k behind, and a quick call from Chuan.
Huang K♦ K♥ overpair
Chuan J♦ 4♦ two pair
The turn 8♦ and river 9♥ were no help to Huang and he took 4th place for a USD 5,340 payout.
Liu Yi got the moment he’d been waiting for, getting a big chunk of Aik Chuan’s chips. Throughout the day Yi was not happy seeing Chuan control the felt with many raises and he voiced it out in jest many times. Well, Chuan has now taken a dive in chips while Yi soard to a massive double up.
It was all in preflop with Yi raising to 25k, Chuan all in, and Yi snap-call.
Chuan 7♣ 7♦
Yi Q♥ Q♦
The board bricked and Yi was awarded a stack over 630k while Chuan dropped to 150k.
Pretty crazy but true.. we just saw the first family pot of the final table with all four players in on an unraised pot. The flop landed 10♦ 9♣ 10♠, everyone checked to the button Aik Chuan and he won it without a challenge.
Liu Yi is a happy camper. He just won a pot against Aik Chuan to usurp him for the lead. Chuan raised to 21k preflop, Yi three-bet to 65k, and Chuan called. On the flop 4♥ K♦ 8♥, both checked, but the turn 6♦ saw action with Yi sending out around 80k. Chuan quickly folded. Yi up to 360k.
After Liu Yi took a little shaving off Aik Chuan’s stack, it was Mitsuru Sao’s turn to do the same. The hand started with a raise to 30k by Sano on the small blind and Chuan defending his big blind with a call.
The flop came 5♦ A♦ K♥ and no bets fell. On the 8♣ turn, Sano led for 30k and Chuan called. The river 3♠ they were back to checking and Sano won with his J♠ J♦.
Sano also won the next pot, this time against Hailong Huang. Sano raised to 21k, Chuan called, then Huang three-bet to 65k. Sano replied with a shove and won the pot with no callers.
Opening hand of the next level saw Liu Yi go up against Aik Chuan. The pot was raised preflop by Chuan with a 25k drop that Yi called on the small blind. At the flop of A♠ A♦ A♣, both players wowed at the spread and Yi checked. Chuan went ahead and continued his aggression with a bet of 11k. Yi wasn’t leaving on that bet and decided to test Chuan with a raise to 22k. Chuan called.
On the Q♥ turn, Chuan laid out another 11k bet and Yi replied with a check-raise to 41k. This was good enough to take the pot. Yi showed his cards K♥ 10♠.
Players are on break so we’ll update you with the current chip counts:
Aik Chuan 450k
Hailong Huang 332k
Mitsuru Sano 260k
Liu Yi 208k
Average stack is 312,500. Total chip in play is 1,250,000.
Hailong Huang was up against Aik Chuan once again with a splashy pot already brewed by the time the turn landed A♦ 2♠ 6♦ 4♠. Chuan bet 8k, raised to 25k, and Chuan called. On the 3♥ river, Chuan led for 33k, Huang tanked then called. He exposed Chuan’s J♠ 9♠ bluff and won with his 3♦[4d} two pair.
Huang at 380k in chips.