Mikiya Kudo raised to 52k, Takao Shimizu three-bet to 150k, Kudo called. At the flop K♦ 9♥ 4♣, Kudo check-called a 200k bet by Shimizu. On the J♣ turn, Kudo led for 200k, Shimizu folded. Kudo rises to 1.5M. Shimizu down to 780k.
Sandro Bruni all in with A♣ 9♣ but couldn’t improve against Kosei Ichinose’s 6♣ 6♠ and exited in 13th place.
Kosei Ichinose raised to 50k and was called by button Jiego Erquiaga and bb Takao Shimizu. At the flop 2♠ 9♠ 5♣, action checked to Erquiaga who bet 71k, Shimizu check-folded, Ichinose check-raised to 155k. Erquiaga folded.
Very big double up for Lim Yohwan courtesy of Le Ngoc Khanh. The hand kicked off with everyone folding to the blinds. Small blind Yohwan raised to 55k and bb Khanh defended. At the flop 8♠ Q♦ J♦, both checked. On the J♥ turn, Yohwan bet 45k, Khanh raised to 145k, Yohwan tank-shoved for an additional 228k to Khanh, he tank-called.
Yohwan A♣ J♣ trips
Khanh 8♦ 6♣ two pair
Khanh said he was trying to catch the bluff, he was drawing dead instead. Yohwan up to 870k, Khanh dropped to 165k.
Le Ngoc Khanh raised to 45k, Cheli Lin three-bet to 115k, Khanh shoved, Lin called.
Khanh Q♦ Q♥
Lin A♣ Q♣
The board threw blanks for a double up to 612k to Khanh. Lin dropped to 180k.
Stephen Nathan banked another double up to bring him up to 370k. He was all in with K♠ K♣ and it held against Le Ngoc Khanh’s A♣ Q♦. Khanh dropped to 226k.
Jun Obara was on his second shove with the first one not finding any callers. The next one though saw Kazuki Hurata make the call. Obara A♣ 4♣, Hurata 4♥ 4♠, the board ran K♠ 10♦ 6♦ 9♣ 2♣ to end Obara’s run in 14th place.
We are down to 13 players. Hurata up to 1.2M.
This level is taking a toll on the players with shoves seen at nearly every hand. The next to send it all in was Kosei Ichinose. He was called by Jun Obara.
Ichinose A♣ 10♦
Obara 8♣ 8♥
The board fell 10♠ 5♥ 9♦ J♦ 2♠ for a double up to Ichinose to 618k. Obara dropped to 258k.
14 players remaining
Total chips in play 7,675,000
Average stack: 548,214