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Jay Lubas kicked off the hand with a raise to 2k. He found two players to join him to the flop which came K♣ 9♣ 7♣. Rodolfo Feliciano bet 4k, Lubas shoved his 14k stack, and won it with his opponents folding.
On the next winning hand, Lubas earned a double up. He raised to 3k, was re-raised to 8k by Kunal Patni, Lubas shoved for an additional 15.8k for Patni to call, and he did.
Lubas K♣ K♦
Patni 10♦ 10♠
The board was very dramatic as it ran A♣ 3♠ J♣ 10♣ giving Patni the edge with a set, but the river of K♥ switched it back in Lubas direction with a higher set.
Alex Lee claimed two pots back-to-back bringing his stack to 110k. The first one had a pot of 17k already in the center and a flop of 9♦ K♥ 6♥, Sze Keung Chu bet into the pot, Lee raised (which put Chu all in), and Chu called for his tournament life.
Chu 10♦ 9♠ pair
Lee A♥ 4♥
The turn of A♥ improved Lee to a higher pair and with the river of 4♥, Chu was eliminated. On the subsequent hand, Lee won a pot against Dhanesh Chainani with his Q-J top pair.
Rodolfo Feliciano may be the chip leader at the moment. He is definitely over 200k and has just added more in these two hands.
With a pot of 6800 and a board of 6♦ 7♦ 5♠ 5♥, Feliciano bet 7500 and after tanking, Vilma Goldman check-called. On the river of 2♠, Goldman checked again, Feliciano bet 15.2k, and Goldman surrendered her hand.
Next hand saw a pot of 8200 in the middle and a board of K♠ 9♥ 8♣ A♣. Imral Iqban bet 5500 and Feliciano called. On the river of 9♠, Iqban bet 10k and Feliciano raised to 50k. Much too much, Iqban folded.
Feliciano now up to 260k.
Late registration is now closed. There were 76 players for Day 1a of the Main Event. We are now at round 7. Two levels left to play before we bag and tag.
We are on the final break of the day. Players can still jump in for another 10 minutes. Late registration will close at the start of round 7.
By the looks of the preflop bets, it was going to be a big hand. It started with Abhishek Jalan raising to 1500 and got two players to call. When action landed on Toniyoung Degracia, she re-raised to 7500, Jalan called, and the rest folded.
At the flop of 10♠ 9♣ 5♠, Degracia sent out 12k and Jalan called. On the turn of A♥, heavy bets followed with Degracia whipping out 25k and Jalan shoving with over 40k. Degracia quickly called.
Jalan A♦ 7♦
Degracia A♠ K♠
The river of K♣ sealed the win and Jalan zoomed out of the tournament area. Degracia now holds the chip lead with around 220k.
It was an action packed preflop with Herbert Baum heading it with a 1375 raise. Two players called but Gyeong Byeong Lee re-raised to 6500. Acting next was Shunsuke Tsuji who went all in with a short stack. Everyone folded except for Lee and it was a showdown.
Lee A♦ 10♣
Tsuji A♥ Q♦
The board ran 10♥ 5♥ 9♣ 5♣ 2♥ and Tsuji was ousted by Lee’s pair.
Herbert Baum shipped in a decent pot in a hand that had a 5♠ 7♥ 4♣ flop. Baum bet 4025 and Van Sang Nguyen called. The turn of 7♠ slowed down Baum who checked while Nguyen bet 3700. Baum called. On the river of 7♦, both players checked and Baum won with A♠ 4♠ full house.
Preflop action saw over 25k go into the pot. The flop ran A♥ 5♥ 10♥, Sze Keung Chu bet 25k, Dhanesh Chainani shoved his massive stack, Chu folded. Chainani is now nearing 200k.