Yang Wang raised to 15,000 and Danny Tang called from two seats over. Felipe Ramos moved all in for 180,000 and Wang folded. Tang eventually called for just over half of his stack and it was a big flip for the PokerStars Team Pro.
Felipe Ramos:
Danny Tang:
The board of improved Ramos and he scored a vital double.
Raghav Bansal raised to 15,000 from early position and Ben Lai called before the action reached Nariman Yaghmai in the big blind. He moved all in for a total of 96,000 and Bansal called, which prompted Lai to quickly muck his cards.
Nariman Yaghmai:
Raghav Bansal:
The board ran out and Yaghmai was eliminated in 24th place for HK$175,000 (~22,750), while Bansal took over the lead on the last three tables.
Xixiang Luo raised to 14,000 and Yang Wang three-bet to 40,000 out of the big blind while the table was about to break for the redraw of the last 24. Luo then four-bet to 110,000 and Wang five-bet shoved for effectively half his stack. Luo called and both players tabled pocket pairs.
Xixiang Luo:
Yang Wang:
After a board of , Luo doubled for 226,000 and Wang had about as much left.
While we missed all of the carnage Dmitry Yurasov had just become the latest paying casualty with Taiwan’s James Chen the man to show the Russian the door.
Chen was kind enough to fill us in on the details and told us Yurasov moved the last of his chips in with ace-jack and he made the call with king-queen.
Chen flopped top two pair when the flop came down and there was no ten or ace on the turn or river and that brings the field down to 24.
Troy Quenneville opened the action with a raise from the cutoff and Martin Kozlov shoved for 134,000 from the button. The blinds got out of the way, and Quenneville called to put Kozlov at risk.
Martin Kozlov:
Troy Quenneville:
Kozlov had gotten it in with the best of it, but the flop saw Quenneville improve to a pair of queens. Things got infinitely worse on the turn, as Kozlov was left drawing dead. An already insignificant on the river completed the board and Kozlov had to settle for the min cash.
After a raise to 13,000 by Adrian Attenborough, Dan Smith three-bet from the button and the action reached short stack Morten Mortensen in the big blind. The Dane shoved for around 65,000 and Attenborough quickly folded, Smith called even faster.
Morten Mortensen:
Dan Smith:
On the flop, Smith grabbed some chips and was ready to pay off a double, but the on the turn caused some gasps as Smith had found the better set. A blank on the river sent Mortensen to the rail and he takes home HK$175,000.
Raghav Bansal raised to 14,000 from the cutoff and Zhong Wang moved all in from one seat over. The blinds got out of the way and Bansal then asked for a count. The shove was for 71,500 in total and Bansal eventually called.
Zhong Wang:
Raghav Bansal:
Wang stood up from his chair for the showdown and saw the flop fall . The on the turn locked up the double and the meaningless river completed the board.
improved Ramos and he scored a vital double.
and Yaghmai was eliminated in 24th place for HK$175,000 (~22,750), while Bansal took over the lead on the last three tables.
and there was no ten or ace on the turn or river and that brings the field down to 24.
to grant the Chinese player the double-up.
flop saw Quenneville improve to a pair of queens. Things got infinitely worse on the 
