HomeJun Saito doubled-up in a recent hand, but he gave it all away to Jerry Lai in one of the next hands.
Saito opened to 60,000 preflop and saw Lai call from the big blind. Lai checked the flop 5♦ 7♠ K♠ but Saito shoved his stack well worth over 300K.
Lai tank-called with 8♠ 5♠ for what was a flush draw (and low pair) but was beat by Saito’s K♣ Q♣. Lai, who was wishing for the clubs, got 5♥ on the turn instead and the river 5♣ just beat added insult to injury.
If it’s your day it’s your day, right? Lai is easily one of the chip leaders at this point with over 2.2M.
Saito gets the boot from the main event in 14th place for PHP 217,000.