Soyza Dodges Bullets, Lifu Wins From Tsang
Longyun Li is turning up the heat now he has the chip lead, but of course hitting big hands also helps. Michael Soyza was the initial aggressor, opening to 90,000 from the cutoff, only to see Li come over the top from the button for 200,000 in total.
Soyza made the call and it was heads-up to a flop of 
, which the Malaysian checked over to Li. The Chinese player took his time over the decision but eventually decided to bet big, leading out for 350,000 and Soyza folded immediately.
Li flashed Soyza the 
so the Malaysian player dodged a couple of bullets there and dropped to 1.1 million while Li climbed to 2.8 million to further extend his lead.
Over on the other table, we caught former frontrunner Anson Tsang involved in a pot against Liu Lifu with the community cards spread 
and the 
had just hit the turn.
Tsang fired out a meaty 200,000 bet into an already sizable pot, and Lifu made the call from the big blind and it was off to the river.
Neither player seemed keen to bet so first to act meant first to show and Lifu turned over 
and Tsang pitched his cards into the muck. Tsang dropped to 1.1 million while Lifu climbed to 1.8 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,800,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
1,800,000
-180,000
|
-180,000 |
|
1,100,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
|
||
|
1,100,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
|
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