HomeTwo short stacks went at it here with Andrew An holding 6♣ 6♠ and Naohito Tamaya A♣ Q♠. The spread came Q♦ 10♥ 4♥ A♥ 3♠ and Tamaya shipped in a double up. Tamaya up to 140k and An down to 80k.
Yoshitaka Okawa is doing his best to stage a comeback after that earlier loss to Naohito Tamaya. He doubled up through Kunal Patni and now another from Kai Paulsen. Okawa had A♣ 8♣ and Paulsen with K♣ Q♣. The board ran A♠ 8♠ 9♣ 3♣ K♦ for two pair and another 22k to his stack.
Kunal Patni went down in chips after doubling up Yoshitaka Okawa at the previous level. He was able to bring his stack up a little with a double up through Varun Gupta. Patni was all in with Q♥ Q♦ and Gupta challenged with K♠ Q♣. The board drew blanks and Patni now up around 73k.
Since the starting gun, we’ve seen Wei Guoliang shove his short stack four times and all four times he wasn’t called.
We missed the hand that sent Jack En-Ching Wu skyrocketing to 560k however we do know that he had the red hot A♦ A♥ and eliminated Du Ming Tsai in the process. We will try to get the lowdown on that hand at the break.
Andre Moracchini, the last APT Main Event champion in the group, has just fallen before the money round. Before Wim Bos sent him packing, he lost a much needed pot to Kosei Ichinose.
On a turn board J♣ 9♦ 8♥ 3♥ and 60k already brewed in the middle, Ichinose had 28k laid out in front and Moracchini pushed. Ichinose went all in in return.
Ichinose Q♣ 10♠ straight
Moracchini K♦ Q♦
The river 6♠ sealed the double up for Ichinose while Moracchini fell to 40k. One orbit later he was eliminated.
Yoshitaka Okawa gambled his short stack with Q♣ 10♣ but the man beside him, Naohito Tamaya was also short and looked down on A♥ J♥. He moved all in as well and after the board ran out 8♣ 2♠ 5♥ 3♥ 8♥, it was a nut flush for Tamaya and a double up. Okawa fell to 12k.
Next hand, Tamaya moved all in right behind Kunal Patni. Tamaya K♦ 9♦ and Patni A♥ 10♥. The board came 10♦ 2♦ 2♠ 5♠ 4♦ for a flush to Tamaya to keep him in the game.
Among the players at table 2, Jack En-Ching Wu and Shiqiang Lin seem to be gunning for each other’s chips. We’ve already seen both players engage in two pots and are even on the win. On this hand however, Wu landed a big pot while sending Go Mori out in the process.
Action kicked off with Wu sliding out a 9k raise and was called by both blinds Lin and Mori. At the flop 5♥ 6♥ 6♠, action was checked to Wu and he took the moment to send out 12k. Lin check-raised to 36k, Mori shoved with his remaining 36k, and Wu flat-called.
On the 8♥ turn, no bets came, but on the river A♠, Wu bet 50k for a side pot but took it back with Lin opting to fold.
Wu A♥ 2♥ nut flush
Mori K♠ 5♦
Big blind player Yang Zhang earned a nice pile of chips courtesy of the chip leader Michael Soyza and he did it with cool fashion. Action began with Soyza raising to 9k and Zhang defending on the big blind. On the flop A♥ 6♠ 8♦, Zhang checked to Soyza who slid out a small 6500 bet. Zhang called and it was off to the turn K♥. Zhang passed the betting to Soyza again and he obliged with a 22k bet. This time, Zhang put on the shades and smooth-called. On the 9♥ river, it was checked down and Zhang won with his 8♠ 8♥ set.
Zhang has now doubled up his starting day stack and is at 140k.