Hideki Izutsu is now in the lead with 460k. He has been racking up chips since we last had a leader update. We caught him railing Jinghan Yan who moved all in with Q♠ Q♦ called by Izutsu with A♣ Q♥. The board ran A♥ 2♠ 9♦ 7♠ K♦ for a higher pair spiked by Izutsu.
On a board of 5♠ 9♦ 2♠ 4♥ 7♦ and a pot of 75k pre-brewed, Vladimir Mefodichev checked, Mark Wong went all in, Mefodichev tanked-folded. Wong shipped it to climb to 111k.
On a flop of K♣ 10♦ 4♣ and a pot of roughly 29k brewed, Tomomitsu Ono bet 15k, then tanked when Hideaki Miyamoto shoved for 59k. Ono eventually called.
Ono K♥ J♥
Miyamoto K♦ Q♥
The turn 4♠ and river 2♠ completed the board for a double up to Miyamoto with his higher kicker.
Konstantin Pogodin 410k
Sunny Jennens 370k
Preston Lee 340k
Hideki Izutsu 330k
On a complete board showing 6♦ J♥ 7♠ J♠ 2♥ with betting on the turn, Tatsuya Hirose bet 20k only to get popped to 55k by Keisuke Ouo. Hirose eventually called then mucked at Ouo’s 2♦ 2♣ full house.
Big action at table 3 between Sunny Jennens and Lam Cheuk Nam. The board showed 2♦ 3♦ 10♠ 9♠ 2♥. Lam bet 40k, Jennens raised to 110k, Lam tanked. After a few minutes, Lam found the guts to call and mucked upon seeing Jennens’s 3♠ 3♥ full house.
Jennens back up as one of the leaders with 370k. Lam down to 150k.
Action folded to the button player Hoshi Yuya who raised to 6500, sb palyer Liu Qzao Nan three-bet to 15k, Yuya four-bet to 31.5k, and Nan folded.
Preston Lee is back up as one of the chip leaders with 340k. We caught one of his winning hands. With a 43k pot in the middle and a flop A♣ 2♥ 3♥ felted, sb James Lee bet 12k, P-Lee raised to 36k, and J-Lee folded.
Short stacked Jinghan Yan doubled up with Q♠ Q♦ over Pak Valeriy’s 10♦ 10♥ with the board running low.