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 Takes Down Event #1: $25,000 Short Deck for $378,000

Jiang Xia He has won Event #1: $25,000 Short Deck, the first of the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Super High Roller Series held at Casino Sochi this week, for $378,000, after seeing off a total field of 42 – his final four opponents within minutes of each other.  His fortunes wavered

Huge Pot Sends Wai Leong Chan to the Rail in 5th ($84,000)

A giant clash between the chip leaders has sent Wai Leong Chan to the rail in 5th place.  Wai Leong Chan limped for 100,000; over to the only stack that covered him, that of Jiang Xia He, who put him to the full test with [KdJc].  Wai Leong Chan held

Wai Leong Chan Uses Big Stack Power

Stephen Chidwick opened to 180,000 under the gun plus one holding [AhTh], called by cutoff Wai Leong Chan with [JcTc] and button Cary Katz ([QcJh]).  On the flop of [Ac6cJd], Chidwick checked, Wai Leong Chan bet 325,000, called by Chidwick alone. The turn: [7h].  Check to Wai Leong Chan again, who

Best Hand Folds, then Next Best Hand Folds: Pot to Wai Leong Chan

A fiveway limped pot - "not something you normally see on a final table," as commentator James Dempsey noted, ended up with a pot going to Wai Leong Chan after he turned his second pair into a bluff on the river. A flop of [qcAs6s] saw four checks to cutoff Stephen