HomeFrom utg, Michael Soyza raised to 15k and down the orbit small blind Gabriel Carter called. The flop K♠ 3♠ 10♣ saw Carter check, Soyza c-bet 20k, and Carter call. On the 2♠ turn, no bets by either but with the river A♣, Soyza laid out a 65k bet and Carter check-called. Soyza had Q♦ J♣ straight and won the pot.
After getting chunked down to 3 bbs by Masato Yokosawa, Wang Meng moved all in three consecutive times and won all three to bring him up to 160K.
The first hand he won a triple up holding J♥ 10♦ flush with four hearts showing on the board.
Next one he had Q♦ Q♠ against Yokosawa’s K♥ Q♣ and it held.
Then on the third hand, he was dominated with 8♥ 8♣ over Q♦ Q♥ but the board ran 9♣ K♥ Q♣ 3♣ 6♣ for another victorious flush. Meng is back in the game
Gavin Flynn is up to 400k now after claiming a big pot against Jingxuan Zhu. Catching the action on a turn board 10♥ 5♣ 10♣ 9♠, Zhu bet 57k, Flynn shoved with a stack well covering Zhu, and Zhu opted to fold after much deliberation.
Wang Meng’s big stack took a huge turn down the dumps after a huge loss against Musuto Yokosawa. The hand began with Meng raising on the utg seat, Yokosawa three-bet from cutoff, Meng four-bet, and Yokosawa flat-call.
On the flop K♣ J♦ 8♦, Meng fired out 100k and Yokosawa called. On the J♥ turn, Meng shoved and Yokosawa with the instant call.
Meng A♦ 6♦
Yokosawa K♦ K♠ full house
The river 3♦ improved Meng to a flush but it was still dominated by Yokosawa’s boat. Meng dropped to 15k and Yokosawa zoomed to 530k.
Xian Xiao entered Day 2 as the chip leader but failed to reach the money having just been axed by Gabriel Carter. The hand that did it began with a raise by Xiao to 11k, db Carter and bb Michael Soyza called.
At the flop J♠ 9♣ K♠, Xiao bet 16k, Carter called, and Soyza check-folded. On the 3♠ turn, Xiao moved all in and after assessing the board for some time, Carter laid out the call.
Xiao K♦ K♥ set
Carter J♥ 10♠
The river A♠ improved Carter to a flush and that was it for Xiao. Carter climbs to 362K.
Robert Wirth was all in with A-Q and Masato Yokosawa had him well-covered and dominated with A-K but with the board running 6-7-J-6-Q, a lady on fifth street saved him from the rail.
Daniel Tang kicked off the round with a raise to 11k and big blind Dong Guo defended from the small blind. At the flop 6♠ J♠ 5♥, Guo checked, Tang c-bet 15k, and Guo called. On the 8♦ turn, no bets came, but on the river K♠, Tang laid out a 38k bet and claimed the pot with Guo folding up. Tang now at 290K and Guo down to 310k.
Victor Chong sent the axe down on Phachara Wongwichit and bring his own stack soaring to 400k. The hand began with an 11k raise on the cutoff seat by Wongwichit, called by small blind Xian Xiao, then big blind Chong three-bet to 50k. Back to Wongwichit, he called while Xiao folded.
On the flop 10♦ 4♦ 3♣, Chong checked, Wongwichit bet 40k, Chong shoved, and Wongwichit snap-called. Chong had K♦ K♣ overpair and Wongwichit had A♣ 10♥ top pair. The turn K♥ secured the win for Chong and with slightly less chips, Wongwichit dropped out.
Another big crushing hand went down and this time Alan King Lun Lau went down with it. Tso Wei opened the betting, Gabriel Carter three-bet, Lau shoved, Wei folded, and Carter called.
Carter Q♦ Q♥
Lau A-K
The board ran 7♠ A♣ 4♣ 2♣ Q♠ and with a lady turning up it was the end of Lau.