Sheng Sun raised preflop from the button for an unknown amount and was called by both Kim Wittendorff and Jack Hu out of the blinds. On the flop, both called a continuation bet by Sun for 35,000 and the turn was checked through. On the river, Hu led for 93,000 and was called by both opponents.
Hu turned over his and Sun said to have mucked pocket kings whereas Wittendorff "had the wrong read" and even showed his .
Scott Davies defended his small blind against a raise of Sheng Sun and the value-bet worth 75,000 on the was paid off by the start-of-the-day chip leader, who then mucked when the American showed him for a straight.
Davies also raised onto the big blind of Kim Wittendorff and the Dane check-called a continuation bet worth 28,000 on the flop. On the turn, Wittendorff check-called 60,000 and Davies gave up the river and checked behind.
"I would have called anyways," the Dane said after flipping over for top pair.
Kim Wittendorff four-bet shoved for another 381,000 on top of a squeeze by Jack Hu and the latter was having quite a decision to make after clicking it up to 101,000. He ultimately folded after suspecting pocket sevens and was shown the . The hand lasted a few minutes into the new level already and they stood up and talked about it more when the next hand went on without their active participation.
In a battle of the two remaining short stacks, Thomas Ward moved all in for around 100,000 chips from the button and Jung Jung Tang did so as well from one seat over in the small blind with slightly more chips.
Ward:
Tang:
The flop left Ward drawing very slim and it was all over after the on the turn. The river was just a formality and the field is now down to six while Ward headed off to the cashier in order to collect HK$258,500 for his efforts.
Meng Dian Peng open-shoved for his last 89,000 from the cutoff and Jack Hu quickly called from one seat over to get everyone else out of the way. Peng was again dominated with a weaker kicker, holding the , while Hu tabled . The board ran out and that was it for the Chinese in 7th place. He takes home HK$221,600 for his efforts.
Over in the Main Event, we spotted one of the latest additions to PokerStars Team Pro; Japan's Kosei Ichinose. But don't worry, we're not talking about the Main Event and focus more on the two final tables during the Spring Championship of Online Poker Ichinose made. Have a look!
Scott Davies three-bet shoved out of the blinds and initial raiser Kim Wittendorff made the call for 248,000 with . It was a shock to pretty much everyone that Davies actually lost a showdown. Then again it was no flip, as the American held the and the board ran out .
Sheng Sun three-bet shoved into an open raise of Thomas Ward and enforced a fold. Shortly after he was the aggressor and had Kim Wittendorff pay off a value bet on the river of a board to scoop the pot with his . The Dane wasn't too happy about how the hand itself went.
Kim Wittendorff opened from early position and called the shove of Jung Jung Tang for 76,000 with the . Tang had two over cards in and got there on a board of .
Meng Dian Peng was denied a double up after his shove went through without a call and the Chinese flashed .
flop, both called a continuation bet by Sun for 35,000 and the 
turn was checked through. On the 
river, Hu led for 93,000 and was called by both opponents.
and Sun said to have mucked pocket kings whereas Wittendorff "had the wrong read" and even showed his 
.
was paid off by the start-of-the-day chip leader, who then mucked when the American showed him 
for a straight.
flop. On the 
. The hand lasted a few minutes into the new level already and they stood up and talked about it more when the next hand went on without their active participation.
flop left Ward drawing very slim and it was all over after the 
river was just a formality and the field is now down to six while Ward headed off to the cashier in order to collect HK$258,500 for his efforts.
, while Hu tabled 
. The board ran out 
