Team New Zealand Eliminated in 8th Place by Team China
Sep 21, 2018
After a flop of 
, Paul Hockin (New Zealand) checks the big blind, Guoliang Wei (China) bets 22,000 from UTG+1, and Hockin check-raises all in for about 125,000.
Wei thinks for a bit before he calls with a slightly larger stack and turns over 
. Hockin shows 
for a pair with an open-ended straight draw, and he needs to improve to keep Team New Zealand alive.
The turn card is the 
, the river card is the 
, and the pocket aces hold up for Wei to win the pot and eliminate Team New Zealand from the tournament.
Here are the approximate chip counts after the hand:
Seat 1. Hong Kong SAR – 272,000
Seat 2. China – 341,000
Seat 3. Korea – 255,000
Seat 4. Singapore – 177,000
Seat 5. Taiwan SAR – 275,000
Seat 6. Netherlands – 345,000
Seat 7. Malaysia – 245,000
8th Place: New Zealand
9th Place: Japan
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