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Action opened with hijack raising to 18k, cutoff Chi Ying Tsai three-bet to 49k, bb Shiga Mitsuhiro four-bet to 100k, hijack folded, Chi called. On the flop 8♠ 9♦ 4♣, Shiga put Chi all in, she risked it and opened J♦ J♣. Shiga had A♥ Q♠. The turn J♠ and river A♠ ensured the win for Chi for a double up to around 300k.
Button Ji Young Kim raised to 20k, bb Matthew Chan shoved, Kim called. Chan Q♦ 3♦, Kim A♥ 9♦, the board 10♣ 5♠ J♦ 8♦ 3♠. Chan spiked a pair on the river to stay in the game. He is up to 210k. Kim dropped to 27k.
Next hand, Chia Yun Wu continued to initiate action. From utg, he raised to 18k and got one caller in cutoff Neil Raine. At the flop 3♦ 10♦ 7♦, Chia c-bet 9k, called by Raine. On the turn A♠, Chia check-called 21k. Then on the river 4♦, both checked it. Raine won it with Q♣ Q♥. Chia had 10♣ 8♣. Chia down to 255k.
Three-way raised pot saw a flop A♥ Q♠ J♦. Action was checked to raiser Chia Yun Wu on utg+1, he c-bet 11k. Sb Tobias Peters called, bb Takao Shimizu check-raised to 35k. Chia folded while Peters called. Both checked the turn 4♣ and the river came 10♠. Peters led for 73k, Shimizu tank-folded.
Peters up to 350k, Shimizu dipped to 205k.
And they’re off! Cards are now in the air for Day 3! The plan for today is to play to the final 8 players. Only 16 get paid which means 7 players will walk away empty. Good luck to all!
23 players
Average stack: 345,652
Chips in play: 7,950,000
