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 #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 #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 #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.
Daniel Laidlaw was the first into the pot as he raised to 135,000 from the cutoff. Tianyuan Tang three-bet to 360,000 from the button and action came to Avraham Oziel in the small blind. He pushed all in. Laidlaw quickly folded but Tang called.
Oziel:
Tang:
Oziel slapped his aces on the table triumphantly and Tang shook his head as he learned how good of a hand he was up against.
"Seven, seven," Tang's rail called.
The dealer flopped and the rail erupted in cheers. Oziel looked sick as the board completed with and , eliminating him in fourth place for HK$1,280,000. This was a great run for the Canadian PokerStars Spin & Go qualifier.
Hand #38: Elliot Smith raised to 125,000 from the button and Tianyuan Tang called from the big blind. The flop came and both players checked, going to a turn of .
Tang checked and Smith bet. Before the chips were even set down for us to see how big the bet was, Tang had already folded and Smith pulled the chips back.
The three remaining players are now on a 15-minute break.
Hand #39: Tianyuan Tang opened to 200,000 from the small blind and Elliot Smith called in the big blind. The flop came and Tang continued for 180,000. Smith called. The turn card was the and once again Smith called a bet from Tang, this time for 350,000. Both players checked the on the river and Tang captured the pot with .
Hand #40: Smith slid out a million from the small blind and short-stack Daniel Laidlaw folded.
Elliot Smith shaking Daniel Laidlaw's (right) hand
For the second time in a row, Elliot Smith slid out a bet of a million from the small blind into Daniel Laidlaw's big blind. Laidlaw looked down at his hand and announced he was all in. Smith quickly called.
Smith:
Laidlaw:
The board ran out and, although Laidlaw flopped a flush draw, the turn and river bricked out and the Aussie was eliminated in third place. Laidlaw earned HK$1,724,000 for his efforts.
. Both players checked to the 
turn and Tang led out for 150,000. Laidlaw mucked. 
as he picked up the blinds and antes.
and Laidlaw folded when Tang bet 75,000.
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.
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.
for a turned set.
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 the rail erupted in cheers. Oziel looked sick as the board completed with 
and Tang continued for 180,000. Smith called. The turn card was the 
