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Kosei Ichinose dropped out in 6th place on the first hand after the break. Action saw Victor Chong get in the game with an all in, big blind Ichinose called.
Chong J♣ J♠
Ichinose A♥ 9♣
The board ran J♦ Q♠ 3♠ 3♦ 2♥, Chong shipped it with a full house. Chong now at 1.115M. Ichinose earned PHP 569,200 for his deep run.
Players are on a 10-minute break. Here are the current chip counts:
Mikiya Kudo 2,520,000
Koji Asaka 1,525,000
Lim Yohwan 1,410,000
Le Ngoc Khanh 1,205,000
Kosei Ichinose 515,000
Victor Chong 500,000
After 29 hands, 6 players remain. Average stack is 1,279,166 with 7,675,000 total chips in play.
Remaining payouts
1st PHP 2,844,200
2nd PHP 1,896,100
3rd PHP 1,323,800
4th PHP 963,600
5th PHP 728,200
6th PHP 569,000
Lim Yohwan raised to 85k, big blind Mikiya Kudo defended. On the flop Q♥ Q♣ 9♦, Kudo check-called a 75k c-bet. On the 9♣ turn, no bets landed. On the A♣ river, Kudo led for 250k, Yohwan folded and showed 5-5.
Stephen Nathan has fallen out of the running with Lim Yohwan delivering the bust. Yohwan raised to 85k, Nathan shoved his 300k, Yohwan told Nathan “I’m behind but I have 30%. I have to call.” Yohwan called.
Nathan A♠ K♠
Yohwan A♣ 7♥
The flop ran K♥ 6♣ 3♣ for an immediate pair to Nathan, but with the turn 4♣ and river 5♦, Yohwan completed a straight to send Nathan out in 7th place. Nathan earned PHP 458,400 for his deep run.
Yohwan up to 1.755M.
Le Ngoc Khanh nearly met his end here but in the nick of time, he was saved but a lucky runner runner. The hand saw Kosei Ichinose raise to 90k, Khanh defended on the big blind. At the flop 8♠ 6♥ 4♦, Khanh checked, Ichinose bet 80k, Khnah shoved, and snap-called by Ichinose.
Khanh A♠ 5♠
Ichinose J♥ J♦
The turn 5♥ and river 5♣ gave Khanh trips to survive and double up. Ichinose dropped to 650k, Khanh up to 1.040M.
Action folded to Kosei Ichinose on the small blind, he limped. Lim Yohwan checked and the flop landed 4♥ Q♣ 9♥. Both checked. On the 9♣ turn, Ichinose bet 40k, called. On the 3♠ river, Ichinose checked, Yohwan bet 125k, Ichinose called. Yohwan won with A♥ 9♠ trips.
Koji Asaka raised to 65k on Kosei Ichinose’s big blind, the Japanese pro defended. The flop 3♦ 6♦ 8♠, no bets. The turn 2♠, Ichinose led for 65k, Asaka called. On the 6♣ river, back to no bets. Ichinose 9♦ 7♦ miss, Asaka 4♦ 4♣ two pair. Asaka wins the pot and climbs to 1.46M.
Button Stephen Nathan all in for 155k, called by both blinds Koji Asaka and Mikiya Kudo. At the flop 3♠ K♦ 5♥, both checked. On the J♥ turn and river 4♠, checked again. Nathan A♣ 5♣, Kudo A♥ 5♠ both paired up and split the pot. Asaka had A♦ Q♠. Nathan exclaimed “I’ll take a split!”
Mikiya Kudo raised to 65k, Le Ngoc Khanh shoved, Kudo folded.
