On a flop of , Daniel Geeng and Martin Kozlov went at it with a raising war and the former ended up all in and at risk for 75,500. "We have a last longer bet on who busts first," Geeng said, pointing to Kozlov, and the American was ahead in the showdown.
Daniel Geeng:
Martin Kozlov:
The turn and river changed nothing whatsoever, and Kozlov was left short.
A raising war over on table four saw a squeeze to 55,000 by Joseph Kushner before table neighbor Hongjun Zhao then moved all in for little more, 67,900 in total. Kushner called and the cards were tabled.
Hongjun Zhao:
Joseph Kushner:
The board ran out and that was it for Zhao.
At the very same time over on table two, Jussi Nevanlinna tried to get through with a move and shoved the river. Sam Greenwood called and Nevanlinna instantly mucked his cards.
Greenwood tabled his out of the blinds, while the cards of Nevanlinna were still in reach, though, and the dealer turned over his for a pair of jacks only. Greenwood boosted his stack further and has a commanding lead with 14 players remaining.
With all the action once down to two tables, it went almost amiss that this is the last level of the night. The players will keep the seats for tomorrow and the next redraw will then take place for the unofficial final table.
A total of 36 entries, including six re-entries, generated a prize pool of HK$2,793,600 and the top six spots will share a portion of the prize pool. Below is the full payout information including the equivalent value in US Dollars.
Fabian Geisel raised to 8,000 from the button and Shuo Li called in the big blind. On the flop, both players checked. The appeared on the turn and Li bet the pot for 17,200, which Geisel called. On the river, Li checked with very few chips behind and Geisel bet enough to give his opponent all but two choices: All in or fold with less than 10 big blinds.
Li opted for the latter and was left with just 15,100.
Hand 2
Geisel raised from the cutoff and Li shoved the small blind, Geisel quickly called.
Shuo Li:
Fabian Geisel:
The board came and Li rivered trips to stay in the tournament.
Shao Me Yang raised to 6,500 from under the gun and Isaac Haxton three-bet the pot from the button for most of his chips. Yang moved all in and Haxton called with the slightly inferior stack.
Isaac Haxton:
Shao Me Yang:
The board of saw Yang pair his ace only for Haxton to river two pair. The stacks were counted and Haxton doubled for 44,800, leaving Yang on around 10,000.
Hand 2
Exactly one hand later, Ka Kwan Lau raised to 7,500 on the button and Yang shoved his remaining few chips in from the big blind, Lau called.
Shao Me Yang:
Ka Kwan Lau:
The board of left Yang empty-handed and he had to leave the tournament area just before the end of Day 1.
PokerStars Team Pro Felipe Ramos chipped up earlier and has since stayed in the middle of the pack. He was among two players to call a raise to 7,000 by chip leader Sam Greenwood, as Daniel Geeng also came along as well. On the the trio checked and Greenwood also checked the turn.
Geeng now bet 15,000 and that forced quick folds from Ramos and Greenwood, the latter remains the dominating chip leader.
Over on table one, Maksim Shuts raised the pot from the small blind and Shuo Li called to see a pot of 14,400 emerge on the flop. Shuts bet the pot and called the shove of Li. When the cards were tabled, Shuts said "no flush but the five."
Shuo Li:
Maksim Shuts:
The wish of the player from Belarus was not granted, as both the turn and the river were blanks.
The last few hands of the level brought no further action, and the remaining 13 players bagged up their chips after the T-100 chips had been raced off. They will return tomorrow with the same seat assignments and then combine to one table when the last nine hopefuls are reached.
The full chip counts and a recap of today's action will be available soon.
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, Daniel Geeng and Martin Kozlov went at it with a raising war and the former ended up all in and at risk for 75,500. "We have a last longer bet on who busts first," Geeng said, pointing to Kozlov, and the American was ahead in the showdown.
turn and 
and that was it for Zhao.
river. Sam Greenwood called and Nevanlinna instantly mucked his cards.
for a pair of jacks only. Greenwood boosted his stack further and has a commanding lead with 14 players remaining.
flop, both players checked. The 
river, Li checked with very few chips behind and Geisel bet enough to give his opponent all but two choices: All in or fold with less than 10 big blinds.
the trio checked and Greenwood also checked the 
turn and the 
