
Day 1C
Wen Shoves With the Worst Hand and Loses

Nicholas Michael Ng Yi Wen shoved from early position and Yuijan Eugene Zhou, who had 25,900 and was covered in the hijack, made the call for his tournament life.
Yuijan Eugene Zhou: 6♥ 6♣
Nicholas Michael Ng Yi Wen: 7♣ 2♦
Wen had shoved with the worst possible preflop starting hand and after failing to improve on the T♦ 6♦ Q♠ 2♣ J♣ runout he was left short-stacked while Zhou got the easy double up.
Player | Chips |
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YE Yujian Eugene Zhou | 54,300(54 BB) |
NY Ng Yi Wen Nicholas Michael | 4,600(5 BB) |
Ye Doubles Through Wen

Nicholas Michael Ng Yi Wen shoved from the hijack and Chen Ye, who was covered with his stack of 25,500, called from the small blind.
Chen Ye: Q♣ T♠
Nicholas Michael Ng Yi Wen: J♦ 9♥
The 4♦ A♣ 7♠ Q♥ T♣ runout gave Ye two pair to double through Wen.
Player | Chips |
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YC Ye Chen | 53,000(53 BB) |
NY Ng Yi Wen Nicholas Michael | 30,500(31 BB) |
Wen Makes Quads With Questionable Hand

In a preflop confrontation William Jia was all in for 22,700 from middle position and up against Nicholas Michael Ng Yi Wen who covered him from the hijack.
William Jia: K♣ K♠
Nicholas Michael Ng Yi Wen: Q♦ 5♠
The Q♥ Q♣ 3♠ 6♣ Q♠ runout gave Wen quad queens to crack Jia’s pocket kings and send him to the rail.
Player | Chips |
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NY Ng Yi Wen Nicholas Michael | 54,700(68 BB) |
WJ William Jia | busted |
Wen Blasts Off His Stack

In a preflop confrontation Ye Li was all in from the small blind for 21,300, Nicholas Michael Ng Yi Wen was all in for 33,400 from middle position and Xiangyu Yu was all in from under the gun, covering both players.
Ye Li: K♠ K♦
Nicholas Michael Ng Yi Wen: 6♥ 3♣
Xiangyu Yu: K♥ 7♣
The board ran out 4♦ 8♥ 4♠ 5♥ 4♥ . Li was good at showdown with a full house to triple up while Yu took the side pot and Wen was sent to the rail.
Player | Chips |
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YL Ye Li | 65,100(109 BB) |
XY Xiangyu Yu | 45,600(76 BB) |
NY Ng Yi Wen Nicholas Michael | busted |