Yat Wai Cheng raised to 100,000 and was called by both blinds before the three players watched the flop come down .
Weijie Ye then led out for 150,000 which saw Florencio Campomanes instantly muck his big blind. Cheng made the call before the fell on the turn.
Ye opted to check over to Cheng who slid out a bet totalling 325,000 in chips. Ye thought for a minute before raising it up to 825,000 in chips sending Cheng into the tank.
Over a minute passed before Cheng let his hand go, relinquishing the pot to Ye.
The action folded around to Zhenru Xie in the small blind who completed the call. Yat Wai Cheng then moved all in from the big blind and was snapped called by Xie before both players tabled their cards.
Xie: ?
Cheng:
Xie was looking in great shape to double until the flop fell . The pair had sent Cheng into the lead and it only became better as the turn and river produced the and to see him improve to a full house.
Xie is eliminated in fourth place for HKD$698,000. Three players remaining, all vying for the title and the HKD$2,525,000 first place prize.
7 hours into this $25k tourney and a player was just escorted out. He paid for the $125 tourney, got the wrong ticket, and kept quiet. The player had a lot of chips when he was disqualified. Chips removed from play after a few orbits of blinding down.
Weijie Ye raised to 100,000 from under the gun before Yat Wai Cheng bumped it up to 400,000 from the big blind. Ye then went into the tank for over two minutes before sliding out a four bet to 900,000 in chips. Cheng then sat forward in his chair and analysed the situation for a minute before moving all in for over six million in chips. Ye thought for a further minute before making the call for his tournament life.
Ye: ?
Cheng:
Ye was in trouble against the pair until the flop came down . His cheer squad on the rail erupted as Ye was two cards away from doubling up. The gave Cheng extra outs to a straight, but it would not come, as the completed the board.
Ye improved to a flush to see him move up to 3,275,000 in chips. Cheng drops down to 4.6 million in chips.
The action folded around to Yat Wai Cheng in the small blind who raised. Weijie Ye then moved all in for 480,000 from the big blind and was instantly called.
Ye: ?
Cheng:
Ye improved his hand to trip tens after the board ran out to see him double to just short of one million in chips.
Yat Wai Cheng raised to 80,000 from under the gun before Florencio Campomanes moved all in for his remaining 525,000 from the small blind. Zhenru Xie folded his big blind before Cheng snap called the raise.
Cheng:
?Campomanes:
Campomanes again found himself behind and at risk, however, the board ran out to see him spike a ten to survive once more.
Chun Liang Kuo raised to 90,000 from under the gun before Yat Wai Cheng bumped it up to 240,000 from the button. The action folded back around to Kuo who cut out all his chips in front of him before moving all in for 895,000 in chips. Cheng made the quick call before the cards were tabled.
Kuo: ?
Cheng:
Kuo faded the flop of but the on the turn saw him fall behind to a pair of aces held by Cheng. The was no help for Kuo who was sent to the rail leaving four players left on the final table.