HomeMenchu Esdaile Razavi and Hyunki Kim were in a previous hand that had the former tanking then folding to Kim. In this hand, the action was a little less intense. Razavi raised to 3k preflop and Kim called. At the flop of 7♦ 3♥ 3♦, both checked. At the turn of A♣, Kim checked to her and she bet 3300. Kim called. Then on the river of J♥, Kim checked, Razavi bet 4600, and she won the pot without a challenge.
Action in this hand began with Hyungki Kim raising to 2500 and Menchu Esdaile Razavi calling. The flop ran J♦ J♠ 9♦ and both players checked. The turn of K♠ changed the action with Kim betting 4500 and Razavi calling. Then on the river of J♥, Kim announced all in sending her to the tank for some time. She eventually folded.
Lito Quijano could not gain much momentum and was eventually railed by Harold Sonnenberg. Quijano was all in with 10k and Sonnenberg called.
Quijano 5♦ 5♠
Sonnenberg A♠ 10♣
Board 9♥ 10♦ 3♥ K♦ 8♦
Thong Botho ended the day of another short stack, this time it was Martin Gonzales. Just to backtrack, Botho finished off Gonzales’s pal, Czardy Rivera with a flush of diamonds. This time, Gonzales was all in with Q♠ 9♠ and Botho had A♥ K♣. The board ran 10♥ 4♦ A♣ Q♦ J♣ for a straight to Botho and a boot for Gonzales.
Jim Bonanno got a nice big double up pile when he went all in with 45k and was called by Vladimir Geshkenbein. Bonanno had pocket queens and Geshkenbein had pocket jacks. The board ran blanks. Bonanno now up to around 90k.
Voytek Glab decided to go up against the big guns at his table by going all in with his remaining 5900 chips on top of Gerard Bringley’s raise of 2500. Big blind Tetsuya Tsuchikawa had yet to act and when he did, he decided to raise it up some more to 10,500. Bringley called and a nice side pot was created.
At the flop of K♦ 2♠ 7♦, Tsuchikawa bet 11k and Bringley folded. Tsuchikawa took the side pot and it was a showdown with Glab’s tournament life on the line. Glab turned over K♥ 7♥ for two pairs and Tsuchikawa had A♣ 9♣ for ace high. The turn of 9♥ gave Tsuchikawa a pair but still behind, then with the river of Q♠, Glab won the hand and tripled up.
It was payback time for SJ Kim against Mike Artis. At day 1a, SJ Kim was eliminated by Mike Artis forcing him to re-enter. In this situation, the outcome would be much different. Kicking off the hand was Artis with a 5100 raise preflop, three-bet to 13,500 by Kim, then called by Artis. At the flop of 4♥ 5♣ X?, Kim banged out 13k and Artis shoved his 43k chips in the middle. This was to be a big mistake with Kim instantly calling. Kim had A♠ A♥ way ahead of Artis 7♣ 7♥. The turn of 9♥ and river of 6♦ were no help to Artis and he was eliminated. Kim now over 120k.
Having just lost a pot to Jun Saito, Jim Bonanno joined the next hand by calling Hyungki Kim’s raise to 2800 preflop. When the board landed 2♣ 10♣ 9♣ Bonanno checked then called Kim’s 3700 bet. At the turn of A♦, both players checked. Then on the river of 2♥, Bonanno switched it up and bet 11k. This was good enough to claim the pot with Kim folding.
All in action preflop led to the double up of short stacked Jun Saito against Jim Bonanno. Saito had A♣ 8♥ and Bonanno had A♠ 10♦. The board ran 8♣ 5♦ 6♣ 4♠ 2♦ giving Saito a pair and the much needed double up. Bonanno down to 45k.