HomeCatching the action on a turn board 2♠ 9♦ 7♠ 10♠, Johnni Nielsen bet 30k onto a sizable pot and Zhou Yueyang check-called. Both checked it on the river K♠. Nielsen had 4♠ 5♠ flush but Zhou won it with A♠ A♣ nut flush.
Michal Polchlopek sent Frederick Kerckhof to the exit and in turn climbed to 460k. Polchlopek Q♣ 10♥, Kerckhof A♠ 6♣, a queen showed up on the flop and held.
Zhou Yueyang claimed two good pots to send his stack into the leader’s zone. First pot, he railed Keon Yong Ma with Q♥ Q♠ staying ahead of A♥ Q♦. Next one was against Lok Gino. From utg+1 Zhou raised to 6k, Lok called. No bets on the flop and turn J♦ J♣ 4♥ 3♦ J♥ K♦. Lok mucked. Zhou at 420k.
Having just lost on the previous hand, Naohito recovered some off Chong Yeow Chung. From the button, Chung opened to 6500, sb Tamaya called. At the flop 7♦ 7♣ 8♠, Tamaya check-called a 5500 c-bet. No bets on the 2♥ turn, and the river fell 5♥. Tamaya led for 11k, Chung folded.
Michal Polpochek raised to 7k, found three callers down the orbit then a three-bet to 30k by bb Naohito Tamaya. Polchlopek answered with a shove, no callers.
Battle of the blinds, sb shoved with 9-8 and bb En Ching Wu called with A-K. The board ran 9-8-x-9-x for a full house to the sb player for a double up. The next hand, Wu raised to 7k, same player now on the bb seat called. On the flop 3♦ 4♥ 6♦, Wu bet 10k and was check-called. On the 8♣ turn, Wu pushed, bb check-folded.
On a full board 5♥ 4♦ 8♥ J♦ 7♥ and 53.5k brewed, sb Thomas Lind bet 65k, Davis thought a bit then folded.
When table 10 broke, we noticed Hwang Sang Yeon was packing up a huge stack worth 380k. He was moved to table 7 where he claimed a shorty’s stack to bring him up to 410k. The hand was pocket queens versus A♠ J♥ that gave Hwang trip jacks on a board J♠ 7♦ 8♦ K♠ J♦. He is currently our chip leader.
On a board 2♥ 5♣ 5♠ 9♥, cutoff shoved with K♥ 10♥, was called by bb Takao Shimizu with 5♥ 4♠. The river 2♣ ended the hand and the player. Shimizu shipped it and is up to 165k.
