Heavy action at table #2 kicked off by mp Mai Te with a 55k raise, cutoff Huu Tuan Nguyen called, button Loc Nguyen called, big blind Ming Yang Liu three-bet to 125k, Te called, Tuan called, Loc shoved (415k), Ming shoved (729k), Te and Tuan folded.
Loc 9♦ 9♥
Ming K♦ Q♣
The board ran K♣ 3♠ J♥ 4♥ 5♦. Loc busted, Ming shipped it and now has 1.3m.
Button Zong Xin raised to 51k, sb Daiki Horikawa three-bet to 125k, Zong called. On the flop Q♥ 8♠ 4♠, Daiki checked to Zong who bet 75k. Daiki called. On the 9♠ turn, smae action with Daiki check-calling 140k. On the river 6♥, both checked and Daiki’s J♦ J♦ won it. Zong mucked. Daiki up to 1.4m, Zong down to 1m.
Utg Abhinav Iyer raised to 50k, Duy Ho called, Zhou Jun jammed for 233k, Iyer called, and Duy got out of the way.
Iyer A♣ A♦
Zhou A♥ Q♥
No bad beats came, 5♥ 8♦ 5♠ 6♦ 7♠ and Iyer shipped it to rise to 1.45M. Zhou eliminated.
Xiaoyin He had a whirlwind of hands that sent him up and quickly down in 19th place. A couple of those hands were against Zong Xin Liu. The first one went Xiaoyin’s way with his full house 5♠ 5♦ on a board 5♥ 7♥ 7♣ 4♠ A♠.
The next hand he plunged with Zong’s A♦ 8♦ both hitting the board to dust his A♣ K♥. The board was 4♦ 8♣ Q♠ A♠ 7♣ with betting at every stage.
With just over 50k behind, Xiaoyin put it all in and had to fade two players Lin Yusheng and Mai Te. His K♠ Q♠ didn’t hit on a board A♥ 6♦ 5♣ 2♥ 4♦ and he fell to Yusheng’s A♠ 3♥ straight.
We are down to the final 18 players. Two tables remaining.
Utg Duy Ho raised to 45k, action folded around to the small blind Abhinav Iyer who called, then big blind Sim Kok Wai three-bet to 145k. Back to Duy, he folded, Iyer shoved, and Wai called for his tournament life.
Iyer A♦ Q♦
Wai 10♦ 10♣
The board ran a nutty Q♠ 10♥ 5♣ 10♠ Q♣ for full house to Iyer and a rare quads to Wai. Wai doubled up to 840k, Iyer dropped to 680k.
Huu Tuan Nguyen continues to lead the pack. He now has 2.1M after railing another player, Lim Koon Ting Daniel. Daniel was all in for 168k holding J♠ 5♠, Tuan with A♥ K♦, the board came 9♥ A♦ K♣ 10♣ 10♥.
Ming Yang Liu raised to 52k and Lim Koon Ting Daniel called. On each betting round on a board that completed 10♠ 5♣ 5♥ 6♣ Q♥, Ming bet and Daniel called 55k, 65k, and 165k. Ming showed A♥ A♣ and Daniel mucked.
Huu Dung Nguyen called a raise by Zong Xin Liu and both went to see a flop 9♥ 9♠ 3♠. Zong checked, Huu bet 50k, Zong answered with a 100k raise, Huu called. On the turn A♣, Zong led for 145k, Huu called. On the river 10♦, both slowed to a check. Zong with J♥ 2♥ air, Huu won the pot with K♥ 3♥ two pair. Zong down to 730k, Huu up to 1.56M.
Alex Lee Lin Hwaa is on the move. He won two pots to bring his stack to seven digits. The first hand saw a raise to 40k from Nguyen Chi Thinh, called by Daiki Horikawa, Lee three-bet to 130k, no callers.
Next hand Hirokawa raised to 50k, Lee three-bet to 150k, Horikawa tank-folded.