There has been a temporary lull in the action with the majority of pots being taken down with a pre-flop bet, re-raise or a post-flop continuation bet at the moment.
Zuo Wang moved all-in pre-flop for his last 76,000 in chips but found no customers. Quan Zhou opened to 23,000 from the cutoff and was re-raised by Rafael Moraes to the tune of 60,000 but the Brazilian folded instantly to Zhou’s re-shove.
Jack Salter shoved over the top of a David Peters open to take another pot down pre-flop and that’s all we have at present.
Quan Zhou raised to 27,000 and Shuo Li three-bet to 91,000 out of the small blind, which Zhou called. The duo checked the flop and the turn. On the river, Li checked and Zhou bet for what looked like 110,000. Li called and claimed the pot with , while Zhou briefly flashed his cards but mucked.
Joining the action on the turn, Daniel Dvoress checked in the big blind and Dan Smith bet 35,000 on the button. Dvoress called and then checked again the river. Smith made it 41,000 to go and Dvoress eventually called, then mucked when Smith showed for trips aces.
"Did you really bet twice with four diamonds on the board?" a curios Mikita Badziakouski asked. "He does what he wants," Nick Petrangelo said and Smith just grinned.
“Yeah, we noticed,” quipped back Petrangelo as he led out for 20,000.
Action folded around to Badziakouski who pumped it up to 55,000 and Petrangelo called quickly to take play heads-up to the flop.
Petrangelo checked it over to Badziakouski who took most of his allotted time before deciding to c-bet 40,000, which Petrangelo swiftly called.
The turn brought a lull in the action as both players checked and the landed on the river.
Petrangelo checked it over to Badziakouski for the third time and the Belarusian player thought for nearly the full 30-seconds before decided to bet 130,000 and was called instantly by Petrangelo.
Badziakouski turned over and Petrangelo had for a rather anti-climatic chop.
“Bah!’ bantered Petrangelo good-naturedly, “You race back to three-bet me from the button and can only chop…”
Both players share a chuckle as the pot is divvied up.
The cards were all but rushed away and HK$400,000 Super High Roller third-place finisher Manig Loeser grabbed his bag and left table one on the stage. His stack was sent over to Shuo Li in the big blind, who called the shove of Loeser for 136,000 with . Loeser had the and got some hope on a flop of with the two over cards and a gutshot.
Another turn, the board paired and Loeser took the lead, before a cruel on the river gave Li a full house.
After a raise by Oliver Price, David Peters three-bet to 51,000 in the big blind and Price then pushed all in. Peters double-checked with the dealer that Price was indeed all in and called right after.
Oliver Price:
David Peters:
After a board of , Price locked up the double for 256,000 and Peters had to suffer a first setback on a smooth day up until that point.
First to act, Zuo Wang raised it up to 23,000 and Rafael Moraes got his last nine big blinds in from the button. The blinds got out of the way and Wang called with . Moraes was ahead with but saw the flop come to fall behind. Plenty of outs remained for the Brazilian, and the turn and river completed the board to secure the double up.