HomeKirill Tarasov doubled up to 95k through Mai Anh. His K♥ Q♥ gamble paid off with a king showing up on the river.
John Paredes doubled up to 160k with David Erquiaga paying up. It was A♦ 7♦ winning on a board 5♥ 4♦ 10♥ 7♣ 5♣. Erquiaga with Q♦ 8♦.
Prior to the final 27 players, Stanislau Pui lost a pot to Khoo Kah Hock and dropped to 70k. He was able to double it up through Lester Edoc with rockets doing the job. He just doubled up again through Edoc with 5♦ 5♣ over Q♥ J♣ on a dry board. Pui up to 214k, Edoc down to 125k.
Xiaosheng Zheng is back on top here at the final 27 players. He picked up a pot that saw Arvhin Malinab raise from utg+1 to 22k. Button David Erquiaga and bb Zheng called. On the flop 5♠ 3♥ Q♠, Malinab bet 35k, Erquiaga folded, Zheng check-called. On the turn 9♦ and river 9♥ no bets. Zheng showed Q♦ J♠ two pair, Malinab mucked. Malinab down to 520k, Zheng up to 1.4m.
Emmanuel Segismundo entered the 1m range after sending Masato Yokosawa to his end. Yokosawa all in A♦ K♥, Segismundo called with Q♣ Q♠, the board bricked.
From utg Lester Edoc raised to 24k, called by utg+1 Stanislau Pui and bb Khoo Kah Hock. At the flop, 5♣ 4♠ 3♠, Edoc checked, Pui bet 40k, Khoo called, Edoc folded. At the turn 2♠ no bets and the river Q♦ completed the board. Khoo led for 40k, Pui called. Khoo opened A♥ 7♣ straight. Khoo up to 940k. Pui down to 70k.
New level begins.
32 remaining
402,344 average
Leaders:
Xiaosheng Zheng 1.13m
Khoo Kah Hock 940k
Arvhin Malinab 835k
Tou Ta Wei 810k
Emmanuel Segismundo 800k
Francesco Morales boosted his below average stack with 10♠ 10♦ dominating Masato Yokosawa’s 9? 9? on a brick board. Morales now at 550k.
Arvhin Malinab continues to own the competition, he now has 1M in chips. His latest pick up was against David Erquiaga. We caught the action only at the end. Erquiaga 8♣ 7♣, Malinab K♠ J♣, board Q♣ 3♣ K♥ 2♦ 3♦. Malinab claimed a huge pile. We will find out the full action on this hand at the break. Erquiaga down to 120k.
Hubert Spiess claimed another victim today to bring his stackto 480k. His latest one was Taichi Yoneya with A♦ Q♥ all in on the flop 8♥ K♥ 2♦. Spiess called with A♥ 2♥ flush. The turn was 8♦ and river A♣.