HomeLester Edoc raised to 55k, Yin Zhang three-bet shovd (182k), called by Edoc. Zhang Q♥ Q♣, Edoc 6♠ 6♦, the board ran K♣ 5♣ 2♠ 7♣ 10♣ for a winning flush to Zhang and a double up to 423k. Edoc down to 270k.
Arvhin Malinab raised to 60k, Tetsuya Enoki called, Mark Dela Cruz shove (321k), Malinab called, Enoki folded.
Malinab Q♦ Q♣
Dela Cruz A♥ K♥
The board 3♥ 9♣ 8♠ Q♠ K♣ eliminated Dela Cruz in 14th place. He earned PHP 312,600. Malinab at 2.8m.
A big pot built up with Khoo Kah Hock on the big blind up against utg+1 big stacked Xiaosheng Zheng. Catching the action on the turn Q♥ 6♣ 5♣ A♠, Khoo bet 110k, Zheng jammed, called by Khoo. Zheng A♦ 5♠ top pair, Khoo 2♣ 4♣. The river 10♣ gave the flush to Khoo for a double up to 590k. Zheng dipped to 1.3m.
Kosuke Tajima is staging a comeback after paying a very costly double up to Tetsuya Enoki at the previous round. He is one the rise here and picked up a good pot by railing Daiki Horikawa. The hand began with late position Kosuke raising to 52k, called by bb Horikawa. At the flop 5♠ 9♠ 4♠, Horikawa jammed and was snap-called.
Horikawa 9♠ 8♠ top pair
Kosuke Q♥ J♥ flush
With the turn 6♥ and river Q♣, Horikawa exited in 15th place and earned PHP 312,600. Kosuke now at 980k.
15 remaining
858,333 average stack
12,875,000 chips in play
Table 16
Dongjun Kim 659k
Xiaosheng Zheng 1.47m
Tou Ta Wei 579k
John Paredes 627k
David Wang 376k
Lester Edoc 399k
Yin Zhang 390k
Sim Jae Kyung 659k
Table 17
Daiki Horikawa 210k
Arvhin Malinab 2.1m
Hubert Spiess 681k
Kosuke Tajima 683k
Tetsuya Enoki 2.58m
Khoo Kah Hock 422k
Mark Dela Cruz 405k
Tou Ta Wei is down to 575k after doubling up two players in separate hands. The first one was Yin Zhang all in with 179k holding K♣ J♥. Wei with A♠ Q♠. The board 7♠ 9♣ K♦ 7♣ J♣. Kim up to 670k
Next double up went to John Paredes. Action opened with Sim Jae Kyung raising to 40k, Wei three-bet to 120k, Paredes shoved (296k), Sim folded, Wei called. Paredes J♦ J♣, Wei A♣ 8♣, the board ran empty for Wei. Paredes up to 630k.
Two big stacks got it all in the middle but before doing so, action saw Mark Dela Cruz raise to 52k, called by sb Kosuke Tajima and bb Tetsuya Enoki. At the flop 6♦ 5♣ 7♠ no bets arrived however on the turn 4♥, Kosuka jammed (1.6m), Enoki snap-called (1.246m), and Dela Cruz folded.
Enoki 8♠ 9♦ straight
Kosuke A♦ 7♦
The river was of no consequence, Kosuke was drawing dead. Enoki zoomed to 2.5m, Kosuke plummeted to 382.
After doubling up Lester Edoc, Dongjun Kim needed a boost of his own. He found it holding 8♠ 8♦. On a raised pot preflop, the board ran K♣ K♠ 4♦. Big blind Tou Ta Wei checked, mp Lester Edoc checked, Kim bet 59k, called only by Wei. On the turn 8♣, Wei checked, Kim bet 100k, Wei all in, called by Kim. Wei had K♥ Q♦ trips, Kim full house. The river 2♦ secured the win for Kim and a double up to 640k.
Yin Zhang raised to 40k, Sim Jae Kyung shoved, Zhang tank-called. Zhang A♥ 7♦, Sim 2♦ 2♠, the board ran 8♥ 6♦ 9♥ A♣ 2♣ set for Sim and a double up to 451k. Zhang dropped to 178k.