Li Wins Starting Contest Against Saout
Nível 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
After a raise and a call, Shuo Li three-bet to 2,650 in the small blind and Antoine Saout four-bet to 7,000 out of the big blinds. The action folded back to Li, who called. After a flop of 
, two minutes passed and Saout asked the dealer if his opponent had already made a move, which had not been the case.
After another 30 seconds, Li bet 6,000 and now it was Saout who had to give it some consideration. Eventually, the Frenchman folded and dropped below starting stack, while Li is building his stack well above that.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000 | |
|
18,400
-21,600
|
-21,600 |
turn. Gruissem bet 7,000 and Ng eventually moved all in to receive the call by Gruissem.
on the river was a blank and Gruissem doubled for 26,300 not long after having entered the tournament towards the end of the previous level.
, Daniel Laidlaw faced a bet worth 5,000 by Xia Lin and raised it up to 13,000. Lin wasted little time before moving all in for what looked like 25,000 and Laidlaw quickly called.
river a formality. Laidlaw bumped his stack once more, while Ryan Yu next to him is also among the bigger stacks after four levels.
on the river bricked and Nicolajsen was eliminated, while Denysenko doubled through Li.
turn brought a fourth spade to keep the board all black and Chan checked for a second time. Lobus decided to take a stab and bet out 1,100, which Chan called to bring the action to the 
to take the pot.
flop brought a check from Radzivonau and the original raiser so Huang opted to take control of the hand with a bet of 1,100. Radzivonau made the call and the third player bowed out to take play heads-up to the 
for a missed open-ender meaning Huang’s 
