Home18 players
Chips in play: 7,975,000
Average stack: 443,056
Table 21
Lau King Lun Alan 550k
Jeff Davis 100k
Naohito Tamayo 130k
Lok Gino 140k
Kelvin Beattie 325k
Park Sung Chang 130k
Zhou Yueyang 725k
Lin Hao 110k
Michal Polchlopek 643k
Table 22
Lo Wai Nok 480k
Hwang Sang Yeon 1.55M
Hsiao Yun Yang 655k
Chia Yun Wu 318k
Hsu Piying 204k
Park Ju Yuk 258k
Chin Te Lai 283k
Takao Shimizu 424k
Luke Lee 1M
Two big stacks went head to head that sent one out of the running and the other way ahead in the count. From utg Carlos Chang opened, button Hwang Sang Yeon called. On the flop 3♦ 6♦ 10♥, Chang c-bet, Hwang raised to 80k, Chang called. On the turn 5♦, Chang check-called a 150k bet. On the river A♣, Chang checked, Hwang shoved with around 200k more, Chang called for his tournament life.
Chang A-10 top two pair
Hwang 8♦ 7♦ flush
Battle of the blinds, Hsu Piying shoved wit K♠ 7♦, called by bb Lau King Lun Alan with A♦ 7♥, the cards ran 7♠ 6♠ 6♦ 2♠ K♣ for a higher two pair to Hsu and a double up to 190k. Lau dipped a bit to 519k.
Eliminations 23rd – 32nd
23rd Tzu Chieh Lo – Taiwan – NT$ 74,600
24th Thananat Therdtakoonrat – Thailand – NT$ 74,600
25th Cheung King Wai – Hong Kong – NT$ 74,600
26th Ho Ching Yi – Taiwan – NT$ 74,600
27th Andy Chan Ying Kit – Hong Kong – NT$ 74,600
28th Chen Yu – China – NT$ 62,200
29th Chi Ying Tsai – Taiwan – NT$ 62,200
30th En Ching Wu – Taiwan – NT$ 62,200
31st Jen-Yen Chien – Taiwan – NT$ 62,200
32nd Chris Chong Yeow Chun – Singapore – NT$ 62,200
Next to fall was Bruno Lo to Zhou Yueyang. This was Lo’s second push, the first wasn’t called. He had A♦ 10♦, Zhou 5♦ 5♣, board bricked. Zhou up to 674k.
All in preflop Park Ju Yuk A♠ K♣ called by Lok Gino A♥ Q♣, the cards came 10♣ 5♣ K♦ 6♠ A♦ for a double up to Park. Lok Gino down to 53k.
23 players
Chips in play: 7,975,000
Average stack 346,739
Table 21
Zhou Yueyang 585k
Hsu Piying 150k
Lau King Lun Alan 715k
Bruno Lo 43k
Chia Yun Wu 240k
Park Sung Chang 95k
Table 23
Huang Zhi Hao 655k
Park Ju Yuk 120k
Lin Hao 120k
Takao Shimizu 280k
Lk Gino 185k
Jeff Davis 110k
Naohito Tamaya 200k
Thomas Lind 124k
Table 24
Chin Te Lai 250k
Carlos Chang 620k
Huang Min Feng 135k
Luke Lee 875k
Michal Polchlopek 728k
Lo Wai Nok 365k
Hwang Sang Yeon 880k
Kelvin Beattie 432k
Another three-way ending up in two eliminations.
Ho Ching Yi A♥ K♠
Cheung King Wai J♣ J♦
Zhou Yueyang K♦ K♥
The board ran low 4♦ 5♠ 6♠ 2♥ 10♥.
Cheung King Wai 25th place
Ho Ching Yi 26th place
Falling in 27th place was Andy Chan with Carlos Chang shipping it. We only caught it as the chips were on its way to Chang. Chang had pocket kings on a board 3-4-A-4-5. Chan’s hand was already in the muck pile. Chang up to 656k.