Binh Minh has been steadily rising and now has over 400k. One of his latest big pots saw a flop J♦ 4♥ 9♣ with five players in the hand. Everyone checked to the cutoff Binh Minh who bet 7k, everyone called. On the turn 3♠, same opening action, everyone checked to Minh, he bet 15k, two players called. The river 4♣, checked again to Minh, he bet 30k, and this time his two challengers folded.
Short stacked Doug Hartwich had it all in with A♦ 10♦ and faced big stacked Lester Edoc with K♥ K♦. The board was very generous to Hartwich running A♥ 9♠ 2♣ 2♦ 10♣. Hartwich up to 65k.
Catching the action at the shipping, Yoda Zhao Gang doubled up with 2♥ 2♣ set on a board 4♣ 8♥ 2♠ J♦ A♥ against Michael Kim Falcon’s K♠ J♣. Yoda now up to 180k.
button Mai Anh called a 6500 raise from mp Terry Fan, joined by the big blind player. At the flop J♣ 7♠ 3♠, bb checked, Fan bet 8k, button Anh raised to 22k, bb and Fan folded. Anh up to 280k.
APT decorated champion Gyeong Byeong Lee entered a pot that saw a flop K♣ 8♥ 2♥ with 20k in the middle. Lee bet 10k, cutoff called. On the turn Q♦, Lee checked, cutoff jammed, Lee called. Lee A♠ 8♠ pair, cutoff A? double belly, river 8♣ for a double up to Lee to 140k.
Remaining: 82 players
Total chips in play: 12,875,000
Average stack 152,000
Current big stacks
Sim Jae Kyung 545k
Xiaosheng Zheng 430k
Robert Uy 375k
Lester Edoc 334k
Arvhin Malinab 322k
Andre Lettau 310k
Yip Wai Shing Vinson 280k
Tetsuya Enoki 270k
David Erquiaga 230k
Terry Fan 228k
Su Tianhong 220k
Jixue Yin 200k
Champions
John Tech 156k
Iori Yogo 148k
Joven Huerto 111k
Gyeong Byeong Lee 90k
Big stacks go at it with Gavin Flynn up against Kosuke Tajima. The hand began with Yonghyun Yoo limping in,cutoff player raised to 7500, bb Flynn called, Yoo called. At the flop 8♦ 3♦ 7♥, all checked and the turn landed 6♥. Flynn checked, Yoo checked, Kosuke bet 15k, Flynn raised to 41k, Yoo folded, Kosuke three-bet to 100k, Flynn jammed, Kosuke tank-folded. Flynn up to 360k.
Huge pot shipped by Sim Jae Kyung aka Simba. The hand kicked off with utg Simba limping in, mid-position Jeonggyu Cho raised to 6500, fold around to the big blind Seina Asagiri who called, Simba called.
At the flop 6♠ 5♥ K♠, Cho c-bet 12k, Asagiri check-raised to 35k, Simba check-called, Cho three-bet to 85k, Asagiri all in, Simba and Cho all in.
Asagiri 5♣ 6♣ two pair
Simba A♠ 5♠ nut flush draw
Cho A♥ A♦ overpair
The turn 3♠ and river 4♠ granted the champ Simba the flush to scoop it all up and rise to 545k. Cho busted. Asagiri down to 90k.
All in preflop, Gavin Flynn Q♥ Q♦, Mike Takayama K♦ Q♣, the board ran dry J♠ 9♣ 5♦ 6♣ A♣. Flynn up to 235k.