HomeHa Duong continues to rack up those chips adding more when he busted out John King of the United States.
King shoved his final 123,000, which was NOT one of the small stacks, and found a caller in chip leader Duong.
King: Q♦ J♣
Duong: K♣ J♦
Trailing big time, King found no help on flop 6♠ 10♠ 3♠, turn 4♦ and river 2♦ and he’s out of the M.E. King will be paid $4,500 for his 25th place effort.
They are dropping like flies in the first level of Day 3 owing to a lot of the players having short-stacks entering Day 3.
The next one to go is Apoorva Goel of India. He held A♣ J♦ went he shoved and got a call from Hajime Mogi, who had K♠ 8♣.
Mogi was behind but felt better after the flop 4♠ 5♣ 7♦. The turn 6♠ gave him what he needed and the river J♠ formalize Goel’s exit. Mogi has now around 75,000.
The player from India receives $4,500 for his efforts and the 26th place finish in the M.E.
As the shortest stack in the last 27, Jun Saito of Japan had no choice but to move fast today. He did in the first few hands of the day, moving all-in his final 11,000 (about one and a half big blind) with 2♠ 6♣ and had an easy call from Jojo Tech, who had A♦ 4♦
Flop A♥ 7♦ Q♥ turn A♠ and river 5♣ and we have our first bust-out in Day 3.
Saito will receive $4,500 for his efforts finishing in 27th place.
Final 27 players of the APT Philippines 2015 Main Event. Play is underway here at RWM and we’re playing down to the final eight players.