Xiaoming Su played a great game and stayed under the radar until the tournament was close to the money bubble, when all of the sudden he seemed to put the pedal to the metal and began to chip up nicely. As Day 3 started, he not only played well but also had the poker god on his side as he had some phenomenal run good to go along with his skill and he became a force to be reckoned with.

After the 3-way deal was negotiated, play had opened up and the table started to see more flops. With the blinds at 80,000/160,000, Su opened to 350,000 and was called by Tu Kham Tran. The flop came and Tran checked-called a bet of 430,000 by Su. The turn brought the and Tran checked again. Su upped the stakes this time with a bet of 780,000, only to be met by a raise from Tran to 2,000,000 and at that point the rest of the money went into the pot and the hands were opened:

Su:
Tran:

As sick as can be, Su had flopped top two pair and Tran had flopped the heart nut flush. The river didn’t help out Su, and he was sent to the rail in third place.

The players are now heads up for the ring and $15,000 to be added to their ICM payouts.

Third place: Xiaoming Su, $45,860