HomeBattle of the blinds, with no prior betting action, Alan King Lun Lau shoved on the small blind and big blind Kwon Chun Kong called for his tournament life.
Lau A♠ 7♣
Kwon 9♣ 9♥
The board ran 9♠ 5♥ 3♠ 10♦ A♦. Kwon rises to 1.25M.
Co Chung Chuen raised to 110k and found one caller in Chow Cliff on the button. At the flop 10♠ 4♠ 7♦, both checked. On the 9♦ turn, Chuen led out 130k, called by Chow. On the river 8♠, Chuen fired 400k, and after tanking, Chow opted to fold.
Alan King Lun Lau has been controlling the table with consecutive uncalled raises. He is now just over 3M and is the clear chip leader.
Alan King Lun Lau raised to 120k, bb Co Chung Chuen defended. The flop K♥ 10♦ 9♥, and turn 6♥, saw no bets. The river Q♥ Chuen led for 75k, Lau called. Chuen with 3♣ 3♥, Lau won it with 4♦ 4♥.
Sparrow Cheung has gone in multiple times within the past few levels with no one making the bold call. This time though he had James Jagger in his path. Jagger had K♦ J♥, Cheung with 6♥ 6♠, the board ran 5♥ Q♠ 4♣ J♠ J♣. Cheung out in 11th place. He earned TWD 227,600 for his deep run.
Jagger over 2M. 10 players remaining. We are down to the unofficial final table. They play down to the Final 8.
Wu Siao Jhong was all in with J♠ 10♦ but his challenger Alan King Lun Lau had better A♣ 7♣. The board ran 6♠ 7♥ 5♣ 5♦ 5♥ for a full house to Lau. Jhong took 12th place and laddered up to a TWD 227,600 payout.
Lau now at 2.4M.
Lo Hung Leuk open-shoved, Xuyang Zhang put his unthreatening short stack out front (35k), no takers for a head-to-head.
Zhang 8♣ 8♦
Leuk J♠ J♦
The board bricked and Zhang was eliminated in 13th place. He earned TWD 189,700 for his deep finish.
Chow Cliff raised to 95k, Xuyang Zhang called, Co Chung Chuen shoved his 720k stack, Chow folded, Zhang called with about even chips.
Zhang 3♣ 3♠
Chuen K♣ K♥
The board ran 7♣ 7♦ 9♥ J♠ 5♣ for a double up to Chuen and Zhang down to 30k.
Tzai Wei Phua all in with 10♣ 8♣, Alan King Lun Lau with K♣ K♥, the bad boys weren’t bad enough with the board running 9♦ Q♥ 4♣ 3♥ 7♠ for a 14th place finish for Phua. He earned TWD 189,700 for his deep run.