Utg Norbert Koh raised to 23k, action folded around to the big blind Yoichi Uesugi who three-bet to 50k. Koh answered with a shove and Uesugi with the snap call.
Koh Q♥ Q♠
Uesugi A♦ A♥
No bad beat on the board for a double up to Uesugi to 400k. Koh dropped to 93k.
We are getting closer to reaching the money. Five players have already dropped out:
Lim Yohwan eliminated Huu Dung Nguyen (34th) and Tuan Monaco (31st). Yohwan now around 1.3M.
Ryusuke Kasawaki eliminated short stacked Phachara Wongwichit (33rd). Ksawaki into 600k.
Son Nguyen (32nd) eliminated by Le Ngoc Khanh. Khanh now at 1.12M.
Tetsuya Tsuchikawa fell to Nguyen Chi Thinh. On a flop 9♣ 7♦ 5♠, Tsuchikawa was all in with A♠ 10♠, Thinh with 7♥ 7♠ set, the turn 6♠ and river 9♥ completed the board.
All of these railed players busted before the money. We are down to 29 players. ITM at 25 places.
Massive chip leader Ajitpal Singh was all in for the first time since he sat to play the event a few days ago. The hand kicked off with SJ Kim raising to 18k, three-bet by Nam Nguyen to 58k, sb Singh called, and Kim joined as well. At the flop A♣} 9♥ 8♦, all checked. On the 10♠ turn, Singh shoved, Kim folded, Nam folded while showing Q♠ Q♣.
Ryususke Kasawaki won the first hand at his table, denying both Ajitpal Singh and Nam Nguyen who were both vying for the pot. With betting at every stage, the board completed 4♠ 2♦ 8♦ 3♠ 9♥ with a pot of aroudn 120k brewed. Nam fired 78k, Kasawaki shoved, Nguyen folded. Kasawaki up to 550k.
Here we go! Shuffle up and deal! The race is on reach the money and a seat to the Final 8! We will have all the blow by blow updates for you right here for all the action.
34 players remaining, 25 to the money. Average stack is 364,235 with 12,384,000 total chips in play. Blinds open at Level 17: 4000-8000 ante 8000. Good luck to all!
Day 3 chip counts
Rank | Name | Country | Chips | Table | Seat |
1 | Ajit Singh (BB) | Singapore | 915,000 | 1 | 1 |
24 | Huynh Vinh Quang | United States | 207,000 | 1 | 2 |
13 | Ryusuke Kasawaki | Japan | 354,000 | 1 | 3 |
12 | SJK | Korea | 378,000 | 1 | 4 |
31 | Phachara Wongwichit | Thailand | 135,000 | 1 | 6 |
10 | Dragon Chinh | Vietnam | 425,000 | 1 | 7 |
8 | Nam Nguyen (DB) | Vietnam | 540,000 | 1 | 8 |
32 | Madhav Gupta (SB) | India | 133,000 | 1 | 9 |
28 | Tetsuya Tsuchikawa | Japan | 149,000 | 2 | 1 |
4 | Kwon Eunho (DB) | Korea | 657,000 | 2 | 2 |
14 | Nguyen Chi Thinh (SB) | Vietnam | 350,000 | 2 | 3 |
16 | Linh Tran (BB) | Vietnam | 337,000 | 2 | 4 |
9 | Chi Chung Ho | Hong Kong | 486,000 | 2 | 5 |
29 | Yoichi Uesugi | Japan | 148,000 | 2 | 6 |
20 | Norbert Koh | Singapore | 269,000 | 2 | 7 |
18 | Atuan La | Vietnam | 304,000 | 2 | 8 |
30 | Keon Yong Ma | Korea | 140,000 | 2 | 9 |
15 | Tuan Monaco | Vietnam | 350,000 | 3 | 1 |
26 | Andres Korn | Argentina | 177,000 | 3 | 2 |
2 | Lim Yo Hwan | Korea | 856,000 | 3 | 3 |
17 | Son Nguyen | Vietnam | 337,000 | 3 | 4 |
19 | Eugene Co | Philippines | 292,000 | 3 | 5 |
5 | Le Ngoc Khanh (DB) | Vietnam | 630,000 | 3 | 6 |
11 | Gu Huidong (SB) | Macau | 419,000 | 3 | 7 |
34 | Huu Dung Nguyen (BB) | Vietnam | 105,000 | 3 | 8 |
6 | Laven Popov | Bulgaria | 610,000 | 3 | 9 |
33 | Quang Nguyen | Vietnam | 120,000 | 4 | 1 |
21 | Tung Nguyen | Vietnam | 262,000 | 4 | 2 |
23 | Romit Advani (DB) | India | 218,000 | 4 | 3 |
7 | He Hao (SB) | China | 600,000 | 4 | 5 |
27 | Kunal Patni (BB) | India | 176,000 | 4 | 6 |
25 | Kwok Ting Shum | Hong Kong | 191,000 | 4 | 7 |
22 | Erik Billgren | Sweden | 259,000 | 4 | 8 |
3 | Stephen Schumacher | United States | 845,000 | 4 | 9 |
Day 1A = 123 / Day 1B = 99 / Day 2 = 26 / Total Entries = 248 | |||||
34 Players Qualify to Day 3 / 12,384,000 Chips in Play | |||||
16,000 Taken Out of Play 2X Qualifier / 364,235 Average Chip Stack |