Hand #33: Elliot Smith fired out a bet of 125,000 from the cutoff and won the pot.
Hand #34: Tianyuan Tang opened to 150,000 getting a call from Smith in the big blind. The flop came and both players checked through the and river . Smith took the betting lead, making it 125,000. Tang thought for a moment before bumping it up to 420,000. Smith went into the tank.
Several moments went by before Tang called the clock. With five seconds left, Smith made the call and mucked when Tang tabled for a turned set.
Hand #35: Tang got a walk.
Hand #36: Smith opened to 125,000 from the cutoff and Tang called in the small blind. A flop was issued and Smith called a donk-bet of 100,000 from Tang. Tang fired again after the touched down on the turn, this time for 225,000. Smith called. The completed the board on the river and Tang led for 405,000. Smith snap-called. Tang tabled and Smith turned over , claiming the pot.
Hand #28: Avraham Oziel raised to 150,000 from the cutoff and won the pot uncontested.
Hand #29: Elliot Smith raised to 125,000 from the cutoff and Daniel Laidlaw liked his hand on the button. He pushed all in and everyone folded.
Hand #30: Tianyuan Tang raised to 130,000 from the button and Smith called in the big blind, going to a flop of . Smith check-folded to Tang's bet of 175,000.
Hand #31: Smith pushed forward a few stacks of chips from the small blind, making the raise enough to put Laidlaw all in. Laidlaw folded.
Hand #32: Smith raised to 125,000 on the button and everyone folded.
Hand #23: Avraham Oziel open-shoved from the button and took down the pot.
Hand #24: Daniel Laidlaw completed from the small blind and Tianyuan Tang checked. The flop came and Laidlaw folded when Tang bet 75,000.
Hand #25: Laidlaw opened to 130,000 on the button and Oziel called out of the big blind. A flop was seen and Laidlaw continued for 100,000. Oziel raised to 250,000 and Laidlaw called. The turn was the and Oziel shoved. Laidlaw folded.
Hand #26: Elliot Smith got a walk.
Hand #27: Action folded to Smith in the small blind who shoved three stacks of 25,000 chips in the middle. Laidlaw folded the big blind.
Hand #16: Daniel Laidlaw was on the button and raised to 130,000. Tianyuan Tang called and the flop came . Both players checked to the turn and Tang led out for 150,000. Laidlaw mucked.
Hand #17: Action folded to the players in the blinds and Avraham Oziel moved his hands so Tang could see how big his stack was. Tang folded, giving Oziel a walk. Oziel showed as he picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #18: Laidlaw raised to 135,000 from the cutoff seat and won the pot uncontested.
Hand #19: Tang raised to 130,000 from the cutoff and everyone folded.
Hand #20: Oziel raised the cutoff to 125,000 and Laidlaw three-bet to 360,000 from the small blind. Everyone folded, including Oziel.
Hand #21: Tang raised to 130,000 from the small blind and won the pot.
Hand #22: Action folded all the way around the table, giving Elliot Smith a walk.
Hand #7: Avraham Oziel was given a walk in the big blind.
Hand #8: Tianyuan Tang raised to 130,000 from the button and got a call from both players in the blinds — Avraham Oziel and Elliot Smith. The flop came and it checked to Tang. He bet 200,000 and won the pot when his opponents folded.
Hand #9: Tang raised to 130,000 from the cutoff and won the pot when everyone folded.
Yen Chen looked down at cards he was ready to commit his tournament life to. He pushed all in for about 950,000 from the hijack seat and action folded around to Tianyuan Tang in the big blind. He quickly said, "I call."
Chen:
Tang:
Chen was in bad shape and Tang celebrated his situation, being well ahead. Then the flop came and Chen politely tried to suppress a smirk as he took the lead with a set.
The turn was the and players on the rail started calling for the jack.
The river fell and Tang jumped out of his seat, yelling in celebration of hitting one of only two cards in the deck that would win him the pot. He shook Chen's hand who left the table to collect HK$705,000 for finishing in sixth place.
Hand #1: Aymon Hata opened to 125,000 from the button and folded when Tianyuan Tang three-bet to 280,000 out of the small blind.
Hand #2: Avraham Oziel opened to 125,000 in the small blind and Yen Chen called out of the big blind. The flop came and both players checked to see the on the turn. Both players checked again and the completed the board on the river. Oziel fired out a bet worth 175,000 and took down the pot.
Hand #3: Elliot Smith was given a walk.
Hand #4: Tang opened to 130,000 from late position and received a call from Daniel Laidlaw in the big blind. A flop was seen and Laidlaw check-called a bet of 150,000 from Tang. The fell on the turn and both players checked to the on the river. Laidlaw led out with a bet of 225,000 and Tang folded.
Hand #5: Action folded to the players in the blinds and Laidlaw limped in. Hata checked and the flop came . Laidlaw bet out 90,000 and won the pot as Hata folded.
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