Nov 21, 2017
On the first hand back from a short break, Li Cheng Bei moved all in from the first position. Chip leader Qian Zhu Qiang was in the small blind and three-bet all in to isolate. Hu Ling Fei folded from the big blind, and it was Bei’s against the for Qiang.
Qiang flopped the best hand on the board and held from there. The turn was the and the river was the . Li was eliminated in third place, taking home CNY 700,000 ($106,000) and setting up the heads-up battle between Qiang and Fei.
Entering heads-up action, Qiang was out in front with a chip advantage of nearly 3-1 over Fei.