Cheng Flushes Out Shaoming
Another big pot was brewing on Kosei Ichinose��s table, though this time the Japanese poker pro is just a spectator. The action was three-way between Macau��s Sam Cheong, China��s Li Shaoming and Taiwan��s Chiu Tzu Cheng with a sizable amount of chips already in the pot with the flop spread 
.
Cheng, sitting in the big blind, had checked the action over to Cheong, who led out for 11,000 with Shaoming making the call before Cheng check-raised all-in for 56,600.
While this was enough to get Cheong to bow out Shaoming thought it over. It was a big call for his tournament life, but eventually, he chose to make it and the cards were turned over.
Li Shaoming: 
Chiu Tzu Cheng: 
Shaoming had the best of it with top pair but would need to fade Cheng��s diamonds, but as you can probably guess from the title of this post, that did not happen. The 
was a nice safe card but the 
river saw Cheng get there and she stacked up to 120,000 while Shaoming headed for the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
79,600
|
79,600 |
|
|
Busted |