From the cutoff seat, Victorino Torres raised to 70,000 and Chong Cheong called from the small blind. The flop came down 
and Cheong led out with a big bet of 250,000. Torres smiled and folded and Cheong showed the 
. He's now over two million chips with about 2.15 million total.
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In an unusually preflop raise-less hand, Jeppe Drivsholm completed the small blind, and Chong Cheong checked his option. The nearly free flop came 
, and Drivsholm check-called 25,000. Another eight on the turn brought another check from Drivsholm. This time, when Cheong bet, Drivsholm surrendered.
Jeppe Drivsholm raised to 60,000 from middle position and then Brian Green called out of the small blind. After the flop came 
, Green moved all in for about 450,000 and Drivsholm folded.
Level: 23
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,913,000
363,000
|
363,000 |
|
|
1,403,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
1,094,000
-306,000
|
-306,000 |
|
||
|
|
951,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
|
|
||
|
805,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
||
|
516,000
-84,000
|
-84,000 |
|
||
The remaining six players are on their first 15-minute break of the day. We'll have chip counts for you shortly.
Jeppe Drivsholm, Chong Cheong, and Cole Swannack took a 
flop three-ways. Drivsholm checked, and Cheong bet 75,000. Swannack called, and Drivsholm got out of the way. Cheong and Swannack both checked the 
on the turn. Cheong kept up his facade of disinterest when the fell on the river, checking to Swannack. But as soon as Cole bet 185,000, Cheong got very interested again. He raised to 500,000, and after a minute of grimacing, Swannack folded. The hand put Cheong further out in front of the rest of the pack with over 1.8 million. Swannack is dangerously close to dropping below 1 million for the first time in a while.
Cole Swannack entered the day as chip leader over the rest of the players at this final table. He's done well to keep his stack in the top three so far and will be looking to top the finish he earned last month in April at the 2010 New Zealand Poker Championships. There Swannack took a runner-up finish behind Soren Eriksen in the NZ $2,500 Main Event for NZ $33,000. Two major final tables in two months isn't something to bat an eye at, and this kid's only 20 years old.
Action moved to Brian Green in the cutoff seat and he raised to 60,000. Kenny Nielsen three-bet from the button to 145,000 and took down the pot. We've heard very little from Nielsen today, but maybe this is the start of something.
Don't forget to check out our friends at PokerStars who are also covering the event here in Macau. The PokerStars Blog has updates as well so you can double up your helping of the action.
