Quan Zhou raised to 95,000 with the and Anson Tsang called in the small blind with the . The flop brought and Tsang checked, Zhou continued for 85,000 and Tsang check-raised to 275,000.
Zhou gave it a minute of consideration and folded, right after the players headed into their first 15-minute break of the day.
Ludvig Sterner raised to 100,000 first to act with and Anson Tsang three-bet the pot with the , forcing a quick fold all opponents including Sterner.
Ilya Bulychev claimed the next two pots and pulled away at the top of the counts, while there is now already a big gap between second-placed Quan Zhou and Tsang in third.
Anson Tsang raised to 100,000 from the under the gun position and Ludvig Sterner had a decision on the small blind. He ended up folding, but big blind Jason Gray called the bet to see the flop.
The flop was and Gray checked to Tsang. Tsang continued his aggression with a bet of 335,000. Gray moved all in for 450,000 and Tsang's chips were in there even before Gray had stacked it all in the middle of the table.
Jason Gray:
Anson Tsang:
The board ran out with the turn and that gave Gray the nut flush. The river was the and Tsang wasn't able to boat up so Gray won took it down and doubled up his stack.
Anson Tsang raised with the and was called by Quan Zhou with the in the cutoff and Jason Gray in the big blind with . The flop came and Tsang continued for 100,000 to win the pot.
Hokyiu Lee was so short he was forced all in from the big blind with . Quan Zhou sat on the dealer button and he limped. Small blind Ludvig Sterner bet 149,000 and Zhou called.
The flop came down and Sterner checked to Zhou. Zhou decided to put on the pressure as he slid a big stack of 25,000 chips to the middle. Sterner folded his cards and Zhou opened up his hand.
Zhou was holding and was well ahead of Lee's bottom pair. The turn was the and the river was the to end Lee's tournament in sixth place. Lee won �15,134 finishing sixth.
Anson Tsang raised on the button with the and was called by Quan Zhou in the big blind with the . On the flop, Zhou checked and Tsang bet 95,000 into a pot of 230,000. Zhou check-raised to 245,000 and Tsang sent his cards into the muck.
Hokyiu Lee eventually got involved in the action and raised to 110,000 from the under-the-gun position with . Ilya Bulychev on the button three-bet to 320,000 with and Lee indeed gave it some thought before tossing in the additional chips. The flop brought and Lee bet the pot for 700,000.
Bulychev only had 864,000 behind and moved all in after short consideration, Lee called it off.
Neither the turn nor the river improved Lee and Bulychev scored a massive double, while Lee was left with fewer than one big blind and in the big blind the next hand.
On the three-way flop of , Quan Zhou bet 200,000 with the and forced out one opponent. Ilya Bulychev was in the think tank with the for a wrap. Eventually, the Russian folded and Zhou claimed even more chips.
Jason Gray raised to 140,000 with the on the button and Bulychev called in the big blind with the . The flop came and Bulychev bet enough to set Gray all in, who called for 190,000.
Bulychev had 11 outs and got some more on the turn, however, the river was a blank to let the Aussie double.
Ilya Bulychev raised to 100,000 from the cutoff and Quan Zhou sat on the button. He decided to three-bet to 307,000 with only 450,000 behind. Bulychev took his time to think over his decision. He was counting out the call and he pushed the chips forward after about two minutes.
The flop came down and Bulychev took over the betting lead by moving all in for effectively 450,000. Zhou called after tanking for almost five minutes and they opened up their hands.
Ilya Bulychev:
Quan Zhou:
Zhou flopped a straight and was way ahead of Bulychev his aces. The turn was the and the river the and the chips went Zhou's way.
Hokyiu Lee raised to 80,000 from the cutoff and big blind, and big stack, Ilya Bulychev defended his blind.
The flop came down and Bulychev checked to Lee. Lee continued with a bet of 100,000. Bulychev thought about it for a minute, but he ended up sending his cards to the muck.