The remaining 11 players are now on a 15-minute break and all the T$1,000 chips are being colored up. After the recent elimination of Thibaut Blondel in 12th place, everyone still in contention is guaranteed at least HK$291,300.
Avraham Oziel raised to 75,000 from the cutoff seat and Thibaut Blondel called all in for a little less after finding his stack greatly diminished in recent hands. Yen Chen called as well from the big blind.
The flop came and the two players who still had chips checked. The turn was the and Chen bet 80,000, getting a fold out of Oziel.
Blondel flipped up and needed to hit a card to improve against Oziel's . The river was the and Blondel was eliminated in 12th place for HK$221,000.
Dong Guo opened to 75,000 from the cutoff only to see a three-bet jam from Wenlong Jin out of the small blind worth about 690,000. Guo made the call putting Jin at risk.
Jin:
Guo:
Jin was in great shape to get back into it but the flop left him drawing very slim. Guo had flopped a set of nines and would eliminate Jin in 13th place after the board completed with the and .
Xuan Tan's stack is headed the right direction now with him riding some great momentum. He just opened from the cutoff seat for 70,000 and Dong Guo called on his direct left, going to a heads-up flop of .
Tan continued with a bet of 100,000. Guo thought for a bit before raising to 250,000. Tan went in the tank, finally three-bet shoving in everything he had left. Guo only hesitated for a moment before folding.
Quickly following the elimination of Jianbo Jiang, Winfred Yu put his tournament life on the line when he shoved all in from the button over the top of Dong Guo's hijack raise of 60,000.
"I have to call," Guo said, looking at the stacks.
"I don't like your hand," Fabrice Soulier said, judging its strength by Guo's reluctant call.
Yu:
Guo:
Guo was actually doing much better than anyone had thought.
"I hoped you had ace-jack or something," Yu said.
The board ran out and Yu was eliminated in 14th place for HK$221,000.
"Sorry," Guo said to his friend, getting up from the table to shake his hand.
The latest casualty in this tournament was Jianbo Jiang after Avraham Oziel opened with a raise to 100,000 from middle position and Jiang shoved over the top. Oziel quickly called.
Jiang:
Oziel:
The board ran and Jiang found himself eliminated in 15th place for HK$221,000.
With the first two eliminations of the day coming from the same table, Tianyuan Tang was moved over to Table 2 Seat 6 to balance the tables.
Jianbo Jiang led out with a bet of 100,000 on the river of a board only to get shoved on by Elliot Smith. Jiang folded and Smith raked in the pot.
On the other table at the same time, Xuan Tan shoved all-in preflop after Artem Metalidi opened to 65,000 and Tianyuan Tang called. Both players eventually folded and Tan was awarded the pot.
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and the two players who still had chips checked. The turn was the 
and Chen bet 80,000, getting a fold out of Oziel.
and needed to hit a card to improve against Oziel's 
. The river was the 
and Blondel was eliminated in 12th place for HK$221,000.
flop left him drawing very slim. Guo had flopped a set of nines and would eliminate Jin in 13th place after the board completed with the 
. 
and Soulier earned a much needed double up.
board only to get shoved on by Elliot Smith. Jiang folded and Smith raked in the pot.