N-Rak Lertphokhanon all in with A♥ 9♥ called by Kosuke Tajima with A♣ K♦. The board ran empty to send Lertphokhanon out in 16th place. He earned PHP 260,500. Kosuke rose to 1.4m with 15 remaining.
With Dongjun Kim raising to 50k, Lester Edoc shoved (228k), Kim called. Edoc was behind A♠ J♦ to Kim’s A♥ K♠, the board ran 2♠ J♥ 7♦ 9♠ 4♥ for a double up to Edoc to 495k, Kim dropped to 340k.
16 remaining
804,668 average
12,875,000 chips in play
Leaders:
Arvhin Malinab 2.8m
Xiaosheng Zheng 1.6m
Tou Ta Wei 1.4m
Tetsuya Enoki 1.4m
Kosuke Tajima 1.14m
Binh Minh sent it all in with K♠ J♠ but could not get past Tou Ta Wei’s A♥ K♥. He earned PPH 260,500 for his 17th place finish.
Tou Ta Wei up to 1.4m.
Li Heng all in with 8♥ 8♠, challenged by big stacked Tetsuya Enoki with A♣ J♥. The board ran 2♥ A♥ Q♥ 7♦. Li Heng fell in 18th place and earned PHP 260,500.
17 players remaining. Average stack 757,353.
Tetsuya Enoki lost more chips, this time to Hubert Spiess who raised preflop that Enoki called. On the flop 8♣ A♥ 10♣, Spiess c-bet 60k and got called. On the turn 2♣ and river Q♣, no bet landed. Spiess showed A♦ 10♠ two pair and scooped it. Enoki showed A♠ J♥. Spiess up tp 870k, Enoki dropped to 1.1m.
Mark Dela Cruz was down to his last 249k and three-bet pushed. Initial raiser Kosuke Tajima folded his 40k bet, Tetsuya Enoki called. Dela Cruz A♦ Q♥, Enoki J♥ 9♥, the board dropped an ace on the turn to ensure the win for Dela Cruz. He is up to 555k.
Arvhin Malinab just shipped the largest pot so far in a huge hand against Mai Anh. From utg, Anh limped, bb Malinab raised to 45k, Anh three-bet to 100k, Malinab called. On the flop 6♠ 4♥ Q♣, Malinab checked, Anh bet 100k, Malinab raised to 200k, Anh jammed, snap-call by Malinab.
Anh A♣ A♥ over pair
Malinab Q♥ Q♠ set
The turn 9♣ and river 7♠ completed the board. No improvement for Anh, she fell in 19th place. Malinab skyrocketed to 2.7m and is now the overwhelming chip leader.
We are down to the final two tables. 18 players remaining.
David Wang all in with 2♦ 2♣, Binh Minh challenged with A♣ Q♠. The board ran 8♠ 2♥ 8♣ 10♣ 9♠ for a full house and a double up to 333k to Wang. Binh dropped to 528k.