Short Deck SHR

Ailing short stack Chan Ming Kong jams A♠ 8♠ , Winfred Yu defends on the button with J♣ T♥ . With the board running A♥ K♥ 7♣ K♣ 8♦ , Kong survives for a double up.

Three limp in, button Chan Ming Kong jams with J♠ J♥ , only Winfred Yu makes the call with A♣ K♣ . With the board running T♥ 9♠ 8♥ 6♠ K♠ , Yu connects on the river to chunk down Kong to 985,000 (8 bb).

First to act Chan Ming Kong calls, button Paul Phua checks. Kong bets the flop 200,000 and turn 400,000 K♣ J♣ 9♣ 6♦ , on the river J♦ both check. Kong has T♣ 9♠ , Phua has better K♥ 8♣

Chan Ming Kong and Winfred Yu limp in, button checks. No bets land on the flop Q♦ 8♠ 7♦ , at the turn J♠ , Yu bets 200,000, button folds, Kong calls. On the river 8♥ , Kong bets 600,000 and Yu folds.

Cutoff Paul Phua limps, button Chan Ming Kong checks. At the flop K♠ T♦ 7♦ , Phua bets 100,000, Kong calls. On the turn 9♣ another 300,000 check-called by Kong. On the river K♥ , Phua slows to a check, Kong bangs out 500,000, Phua folds.

End of the line for Jun Yap who three-bet shoves A♠ Q♠ and is called by initial raiser Chan Ming Kong with A♥ T♥ . The board runs J♦ Q♦ K♥ 9♠ Q♣ for a straight over trips.

From under the gun Chan Ming Kong raises, cutoff Danny Tang calls. The board runs A♠ 7♦ J♠ T♣ K♥ , Kong bets the whole way, 150,000, 250,000, and 700,000, Tang folds on the river bet.

Chan Ming Kong is well out of the hole having landed his second double up. This time, it was Jun Yap paying up. Kong pushed with A♣ T♣ , Yap with A♦ K♣ , the board ran J♠ K♠ 8♦ 6♣ Q♣ for a straight.