Wai Leong Chan has picked up his second $25,000 Short Deck title in Event #3, seeing off Paul Phua heads up to secure the trophy and $457,500 first prize. Coolly comfortable at this buy-in level and relatively new format, Chan outlasted his final five competitors, three of whom have already
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Wai Leong Chan Wins Second $25k Short Deck Title and $457,500 in Event #3
Van Blarcum Flops Nuts, Drawing Dead by the Turn: Out 6th for $91,500
Paul Phua limped for 60,000 with [9d9h], called by Aaron Van Blarcum with [QsTs]. Cutoff Thai Ha upped it to 275,000 with [Ad7h], called by both limpers. A heck of a flop followed: [Js8h9c] - the nut straight for Van Blarcum and middle set for Phua (whose stack has kept creeping
Event #3 $25,000 Short Deck Final Table Set to Commence
Although the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Super High Roller Series Sochi is only three days old, Wai Leong Chan enters his second Short Deck final table as chip leader today, over a million chips clear of nearest rival Thai Ha (Aaron Van Blarcum was also at Event #1's final table, finishing
Jiang Xia He Strikes First in Sochi! Wins Event #1 for $378,000
Jiang Xia He Takes Down Event #1: $25,000 Short Deck for $378,000
Aaron Van Blarcum Eliminated in 3rd ($168,000)
Seconds after Katz exited, we found ourselves heads up in this Short Deck final table, as Aaron Van Blarcum, with little wiggle room in his 500,000 stack, moved in with [JdTc]. Jiang Xia He reshoved, getting it heads up holding [KsTs]. Van Blarcum was drawing dead after the [8sJsQs] flop
He Doubles Through Van Blarcum
Aaron Van Blarcum opened to 380,000 with [TcJc], then called when Jiang Xia He moved in for 2,260,000 holding [AhQd]. The [7c8hQhKc] runout doubled He into a powerful position with over 4.5 million.
Chidwick Near Felted, Doubles to Merely Short; Still Finishes 6th for $63,000
A big flip sent Stephen Chidwick down to a felt-brushing stack, his [QdQc] all in preflop after Aaron Van Blarcum three-bet his original raise to 230,000 all in with [AhKs] - to a total of 1,440,000. The board brought help for Van Blarcum: [Ac7h7dJsJc] and he doubled through. Moments later Chidwick's
He Doubles with River Straight (Short Deck Style)
Aaron Van Blarcum opened to 250,000 in the hijack with [QsQh], finding cutoff Jiang Xie He moving all in over the top holding [AcJs]. Now facing a total bet of 1,250,000, button Wai Leong Chan took a little while to pass his own [AdJc], but did so, leaving Van Blarcum