HomeMikiya Kudo is back up as the chip leader after winning a big pot against Le Ngoc Khanh. The hand saw Khanh raise from the button to 130k, Kudo three-bet to 350k from big blind, Khanh called. At the flop K♣ 4♣ 10♥, Kudo bet 300k, Khanh called. On the 6♦ turn, Kudo shoved (960k), Khanh had him covered, he tanked. Khanh eventually called.
Kudo A♦ K♦
Khanh K♠ Q♣
The river 3♣ completed the board and Khanh paid the double up. Kudo over 3.46M, Khanh dropped to 870k.
This hand had to be the longest so far with it taking over then minutes from start to end. It began with utg Mikiya Kudo raising to 130k, called by buttong Lim Yohwan, tree-bet by sb Le Ngoc Khanh, fold by Kudo, tank-called by Yohwan.
At the flop X? 6♣ 7♦, Khanh bet 230k, Yohwan called. On the 2♦ turn both tank-checked. On the J♣ river, Khanh tank-bet 450k, and Yohwan folded after a few minutes.
Khanh up to 2.4M+ and Yohwan with about the same.
Lim Yohwan is leading the final four. He picked up a pot against Mikiya Kudo. Kudo dropped to 1.8M+.
The hand saw Yohwan raise from utg to 130k and Kudo defended on the big blind. At the flop A♣ 9♠ 3♥, Kudo check-called a 90k c-bet. On the 3♣ turn no bets and the river fell A♦. Kudo led for 200k, Yohwan tanked, then called. Yohwan won with 9♥ 8♣ over 7♦ 7♠.
Yohwan proceeded to win the next two pots to bring him to nearly 3M.
Button Lim Yohwan raised to 130k, Koji Asaka on the big blind defended. At the flop 5♣ 5♥ K♣, Asaka check-called a 175k bet. On the 3♥ turn, no bets. Then on the 8♣ river, Asaka led for 200k and claimed it with Yohwan folding. Asaka now up to 1.55M.
Le Ngoc Khanh
Le Ngoc Khanh seemed to be in agony on the big blind with utg Koji Asaka all in for 575k. Khanh had the chips to call and he did after squiriming and tanking for some time.
Khanh A♠ 10♥
Asaka A♦ 6♣
Though Khanh was ahead, Asaka spiked a pair on the board 6♦ Q♣ 3♦ J♥ 9♦ to double up. Khanh down to around 1.38M.
Le Ngoc Khanh raised to 110 from the button, big blind Mikiya Kudo three-bet to 290k, Khanh shoved his 1.45M stack, Kudo folded. Khanh also won the next hand, a small pot against Lim Yohwan. He now has over 1.9M.
Button player Lim Yohwan raised to 110k and big blind Koji Asaka called. On the flop A♣ 5♣ K♦ and turn K♥ no bets. On the 7♠ river, Asaka led for 125k, Yohwan tanked, then found the courage to call. Asaka 10♠ 9♥ bluff, Yohwan won with 6♦ 6♥.
Mikiya Kudo 2.5M
Lim Yohwan 2.2M
Le Ngoc Khanh 1.375M
Koji Asaka 1.3M
Average stack 1,918,750
Big double up here for Lim Yohwan sent Victor Chong nosediving down to 10k. Chong busted on the next hand. Action began with Koji Asaka raising to 125k, Yohwan three-bet all in for 1.080M, Chong all in for 1.090M, Asaka folded.
Yohwan Q♠ Q♦
Chong 10♠ 10♦
The board ran K♣ J♦ 4♥ 5♣ K♦. Yohwan rose to 2,210,000, Chong down to 10k. Chong was all in on the next hand and was eliminated. Chong earned PHP 728,200 for his deep run.
Down to 4 players, average stack is 1,918,750.