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Two short stacks bit the bullet. Chen Yu 6-6, Chi Ying Tsai 4-4, Carlos Chang 8♦ 7♦. The board was 9♠ A♥ 10♥ J♦ 4♦ for a straight to Chang. Chang up to 502k. Chen Yu had more chips to give him 28th place cash. Chi Ying Tsai was 27th.
We are down to three tables. 9 players per table.
31 left
Chips in play: 7,975,000
Average stack: 265,833
Table 21
En Ching Wu 80k
Lo Wai Nok 385k
Hwang Sang Yeon 815k
Luke Lee 825k
Andy Chan 160k
Hsu Piying 110k
Thomas Lind 110k
Table 22
Hsiao Yun Yang 535k
Bruno Lo 65k
Jeff Davis 140k
Huang Zhi Hao 121k
Ho Ching Yu 70k
Thananat Therdtakoonrat 107k
Huang Min Feng 64k
Table 23
Zhou Yueyang 403k
Lau King Lun Lau 580k
Lin Hao 85k
Kelvin Beattie 470k
Chin Te Lai 260k
Chia Yun Wu 145k
Lok Gino 130k
Takao Shimizu 773k
Table 24
Naohito Tamaya 210k
Park Ju Yuk 135k
Carlos Chang 295k
Chi Ying Tsai 40k
Michal Polchlopek 496k
Chen Yu 50k
Park Sung Chang 80k
It took two hands to bring Michael Soyza down on the bubble round. The first one, he raised to 12k from utg+1, was called by hijack Luke Lee. On the flop Q♣ 4♣ 8♠, Lee bet 40k, Soyza check-called. On the turn Q♦, Lee sent out 73k, Soyza check-folded.
Two hands later his final hand arrived. On a board Q♣ J♣ 5♥ 4♦, he pushed with Q♥ 10♥ was called by Hwang Sang Yeon with K♦ K♥. The river was 7♠.
Just before the break, Hwang Sang Yeong won a big pot against Michael Soyza. On a board 3♠ 10♦ 6♦ 9♥ K♠, sb Soyza slid out 110k, Hwang replied with a shove, Soyza folded. He won the 228k pot.
At the new round, he was against Thomas Lind. From hijack Hwang raised to 14k, Lind defended on the big blind. On the flop Q♣ 4♣ 8♥, Lind check-called a 12k bet. No bets on the A♠ turn. Then the river 10♣, Lind checked, Hwang bet 45k, Lind tanked using two time banks then called. Hwang showed A♣{9c] top pair, Lind mucked. Hwang up to 720k.
From the bb position, Chin Te Lai defended lp Zhou Yueyang 12k min-raise. At the flop 9♠ 7♠ 10♠, Chin checked, Zhou c-bet 15k, called by Chin. On the turn 9♥, Chin led for 25k, Zhou called. On the river 3♥, another 45k bet by Chin, called by Zhou. Chin showed 8♠ 8♠ straight flush. Chin up to 430k, Zhou down to 400k.
Luke Lee has been very active during this level. He’s been chipping up until he paid a double up to En Ching Wu. Lee entered another pot and earned a chunk off button Thomas Lind. From lo-jack, Lee opened, Lind three-bet, Lee called. At the flop 6♠ 3♥ K♥ both checked. On the turn 7♥, Lee bet 40k, called. On the river K♠ Lee fired 75k, Lind called. Lee 5♦ 4♦ straight, Lind A♥ A♣.
On a raised pot preflop, the cards came 5♣ 4♦ 6♥. bb Chris Chong led for 22k, called by cutoff Polchlopek. On the turn 7♥, Chong bet 41k, called again. On the river 6♣, Chong checked, Polchlopek fired 40k, quick fold from Chong. Chong down to 125k, Polchlopek up to 560k.
33 players remaining
Chips in play: 7,975,000
Average stack: 241,667
Short stacked Lok Gino all in, called by two players. The board ran out P9h} 5♦ K♣ 8♣ 6♠. Gino had A♦ K♦ to take it over Takao Shimizu’s pocket jacks and Kelvin Beattie’s six-four clubs. Gino up to 96k.
