HomeTotal chips in play: 7,675,000
Players remaining: 72
Average stack: 106,597
Ryuichi Uesonomiya
Entering chip leader Ang Boon Seng cradled a big stack all day staying well above average stack. For the first time, he has been grounded by Ryuichi Uesonomiya. The hand began with a utg raise by Seng to 4500, down the orbit Uesonomiya three-bet to 12.8k, Seng four-bet to 29.5k, Uesonomiya with the call.
At the flop Q♥ 2♣ 8♣, Seng bet 40k, Uesonomiya all in for 57.1k, Seng called saying he was pot committed.
Seng 3♣ 3♦
Uesonomiya A♣ Q♣
The turn 10♦ and river Q♠ further improved Uesonomiya to double up to around 85k. Seng dropped to 50k.
Ang Boon Seng
Seng shoved on the next hand and told the players “I am very angry now”.
Jun Obara scored himself two nice pots, one against Cheli Lin and the other through David Tai. The first hand saw db Lin raise to 4400, sb Obara three-bet to 14.5, Lin called. On the flop 2♠ Q♦ 5♣, Obara fired 7500 and won it with lLin folding.
A couple of hands after, the board showed A♣ 3♦ 4♥ 7♥ 5♥, Obara bet 40.5k onto a big pot, Tai tanked, Tai folded to send the pot to Obara.
81 players remaining…. currently leading are:
Shumsuke Tsuji – 247k
Anton Del Rosario – 230k
Utg+1 player raised to 3200, cutoff Stephen Miles called, sb called, bb shoved. Only Miles called.
BB A♦ Q♥
Miles 8♣ 8♥
The board landed A♠ 8♦ 4♥ 6♦ 2♣ for a winning set to eliminate a player from the running.
Sam Welbourne
Ying Lin Chua must have had a run of good cards with three consecutive raised pots. However, he was eliminated by Sam Welbourne with better. His final hand saw Ian Marcos raise to 3600, Chua three-bet to 9300, Welbourne four-bet to 21.5k, Marcos folded, Chua all in, snap-call by Welbourne.
Chua K♥ K♣
Welbourne A♥ A♦
No help came on the board for Chua to send him to the rail.
All in preflop, at risk player Francois Castillo with A♣ A♦, Alfie Poetra with K♥ Q♣, the board ran J♠ Q♠ 2♦ 5♥ 2♣ for aces to stay ahead and double up. Poetra at 175k, Castillo goes up to 85k.
Linh Tran
On a raised pot preflop, the cards landed J♠ 7♥ 2♠, Victor Chong checked, Linh Tran bet 7500, Chong called. The turn K♣, Chong checked, Tran fired 12k, Chong folded.
Siyoung Lee
Series defending champion Lester Edoc has joined the defending champion Tetsuya Tsuchikawa at the rails. Tsuchikawa was ousted very early today while Edoc was just eliminated by Siyoung Lee. Lee raised to 3200, Edoc shoved his short 14.4k stack, Lee called.
Edoc K♣ Q♥
Lee A♦ 9♣
The board spread 3♠ 3♥ A♠ 7♠ 9♦.
Lester Edoc