HomeFive players were in on a raised pot to 60k preflop. The cards ran 10♥ 3♣ 2♥. Three players checked, Stephen Schumacher bet 43k, everyone folded.
Chi Chung Ho raised to 12k, big blind Ang Kai Loon three-bet to 35k, back to Ho who called. On the flop 4♥ Q♠ K♦, Loon bet 33k, Ho shoved for an additional 182k to Loon. Loon folded.
All in on the turn for La Tan Luan Q♦ 8♦. Norbert Koh looked him up with A♥ 4♥ with the board showing 9♥ J♥ 4♦ Q♠. The pot was also quite large of over 200k. Though Tuan was ahead, the river 5♥ improved Koh to a flush to eliminate Tuan. Koh now at 470k.
Aditya Sushant was up against one of the biggest stacks and met his end on a bluff. We jumped in on a completed board K♣ 4♣ 2♠ Q♠ 10♦ and a big pot already in the middle. Sushant was all in for 135k and He Hao tanked. Hao eventually called and Sushant had to show his A♣ 3♣ missed draw. Hao knocked him out with K♦ J♣ top pair. Hao now at 765k.
On a board Q♣ 6♥ A♥ K♦ and a pot over 80k, Tung Nguyen had a 30k bet laid out and faced a raise (possibly check-raise) from Stephen Schumacher to 120k. Though Nguyen could cover it, he tank-folded. Schumacher showed his 2♥ 2♣. Schumacher up to 660k, Nguyen down to 216k.
We only caught the hand at the shipping with the dealer counting out Atuan La’s stack. The board was laid out J♦ J♠ J♥ A♣ 5♦. The pot just over 60k. Atuan had Q♣ J♣ quads and Yoichi Uesugi A♥ 7♠ full house. Uesugi paid the 112.5k double up.
Ajitpal Singh 820k
Le Ngoc Khanh 620k
Lim Yohwan 606k
Eunho Kwon 555k
He Hao 530k
Stephen Schumacher 500k
Average stack 275,556
Chips in play: 12,400,000
45 players remaining
Three way all in, He Hao A♦ K♥, Tan Huyn J♦ 10♦, Iori Yogo A♠ Q♠, the board ran dry with no hits for any player. Hao shipped it while booting both short stacks out of the running. Hao now at 555k.
As Kunal Patni said, “big pot!” And it sure was. We caught the action at the flop 2♦ J♥ 3♦ and a 42k pot already weighing down the middle. Big blind Michael Allen checked, utg Lim Yohwan aka Boxer bet 16k, Patni called, Le Tan Luan raised to 50k, back to Allen who shoved, Yohwan shoved as well, Patni folded, and Luan folded while showing his A-J top pair.
Allen 5♦ 6♦ gutshot straight flush draw
Boxer 3♣ 3♥ set
The turn 3♠ gave Boxer an even better hand, improving to quads, and with the river 8♥ Allen was out and Boxer rose to 620k.