Level: 22
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000
Level: 22
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000
Jhon Tanaka limped the button off a stack of around 1 million and Yao Xiao did so from the small blind. Xia Feng pushed all-in from the big blind for fewer than ten blinds and Tanaka called all-in, while Wang folded.
Jhon Tanaka: A?10?
Xia Feng: A?2?
The dominated kicker got there on the J?3?2?9?9? runout to send Tanaka to the rail in fourth place for $34,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Yao Xiao |
9,100,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
Xia Feng |
2,660,000
1,160,000
|
1,160,000 |
Jhon Tanaka | Busted |
Mic won the last hand of the previous level with a raise to 250,000 before the blinds went up. He then bet the 7?6?4?2?J? river for 225,000 in the new level and Jhon Tanaka tank-folded.
Chip leader Yao Xiao then defended the big blind against a raise to 325,000 by Xia Feng. He checked the A?A?6? flop before calling a bet worth 200,000. They checked the K? turn and Xiao bet the 7? river for 500,000. Feng used one time bank and folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Yao Xiao |
9,250,000
1,050,000
|
1,050,000 |
Mic |
3,100,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
Xia Feng |
1,500,000
-1,250,000
|
-1,250,000 |
Jhon Tanaka |
1,105,000
-1,095,000
|
-1,095,000 |
Level: 21
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 160,000
Ken Lin had most of his chips in the middle preflop and the rest went in after the A?J?3? flop. The red-hot running Yao Xiao had an easy call with A?4? and Lin was in trouble holding the K?9?.
A glimmer of hope came with the Q? turn but the 4? river was a blank, sending Lin out next in fifth place for $26,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Yao Xiao |
8,200,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
Ken Lin | Busted |
Travis previously claimed that they cannot kill him but that's exactly what happened soon after when he got it in from the dead button with the A?9?. Yao Xiao had the superior A?J? and hit broadway on the K?10?6?5?Q? runout.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Yao Xiao |
7,700,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
Travis | Busted |
Jiang Liu folded from under the gun and was then all-in from the big blind for the last 110,000 after he had posted the big blind ante. Yao Xiao raised to 250,000 from under the gun and everyone else folded.
Jiang Liu: 8?6?
Yao Xiao: 8?8?
There was no escape on the A?3?2?7?J? and Liu was knocked out in 7th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Yao Xiao |
6,600,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Jiang Liu | Busted |
Having defended the big blind against Jiang Liu, "Mic" led the A?K?3?A?7? river for 275,000. Liu called for most of his short stack behind but mucked when he was shown the A?6? for trips aces.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mic |
2,600,000
780,000
|
780,000 |
Jiang Liu |
235,000
-865,000
|
-865,000 |
Level: 20
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
In three-way preflop action, only two players remained involved on the K?Q?2?7? turn. Xia Feng pushed all-in and Jiang Liu folded.
One hand later, Ken Lin limped in from an early position and Mic raised to 550,000 in the next seat. A reluctant call by Lin led to the A?A?7? flop on which he checked. Mic moved all-in and Lin folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Xia Feng |
2,750,000
860,000
|
860,000 |
Mic |
1,820,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Jiang Liu |
1,100,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
Ken Lin |
370,000
-730,000
|
-730,000 |