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Victor Chong recently doubled up against Edward Pastoll but in his second attempt to bump up his stack, he was denied by Sim Jae Kyung aka Simba.
On a flop of 9♠ 2♥ Q♥ Chong bet 4400 into an already plump pot in the middle. Simba called. On the turn of 8♦, Chong continued and bet 7500, Simba jammed to 25k, and Chong went all in with slightly under.
Chong 9♥ 10♥
Simba 2♣ 2♠ set
The 7♦ river was not one of the outs Chong needed and he was dusted.
Jan Andrew Helfert shipped in a big pot after eliminating a player in this wild hand. All the chips went in on a turn board of K♣ 5♦ K♥ 9♣.
Helfert K♠ K♦unbeatable quads
Opponent 9♠ 9♥ full house
The river of 2♦ was just a formality and Helfert rose to 115k in chips.
Victor Chong was all in preflop with A♦ Q♥ against Edward Pastoll’s K♦ K♣.
Board 9♣ 2♥ 7♣ 8♦ A♥ giving Chong a higher pair on the river and a happy double up.
Jang Hanwool and Ken Okada engaged in a preflop raise war with Okada initiating a 1200 raise. Hanwool three-bet to 3500 and Okada called.
The flop ran 7♣ 5♦ 2♦, Okada checked, Hanwool sent out 4500, and Okada folded.
It was an all in situation on the turn board of K♦ J♣ 6♠ 4♠, Iori Yogo had A-A and Aso Seitaro with Q-Q. The river of 3♠ was no help to Seitaro and he was eliminated. Yogo up to 110k .
Ho Bao Qiang was given the boot when he faced off against Tran Hai Ha. On a turn board of 10♣ 6♣ A♥ 8♦, Ha checked to Qiang who dropped 6k into an already fat pot. Ha pumped it up even more, raising to 15k. Qiang called. On the river of K♦, Ha bet 40k putting Qiang all in. Qiang called with his 20k behind. Ha opened up A♦ A♠ for top set and Qiang sped off the table.
Chang Hun Lee has already cashed twice in the series, with a trophy in the bag. He entered the main event late and quickly went to work accumulating chips. He busted out a player with his Q♥ 10♥ flush to surge up to easily over 150k chips.
On another winning hand, Lee was in a hand with two players and a flop was spread 4♥ 2♦ 8♦. Lee bet 8k and was called by both players. On the turn of 7♥, Lee bet 111k, and this time there were no callers.
Two of the toughest players in the field battled for this pot, Gyeong Byeong Lee and Jose Drilon. Lee raised to 1100 preflop, Drilon three-bet to 4700, and Lee smooth-called.
On the flop of 10♣ 4♣ 9♣, both players sized up each other but checked. On the turn of K♣, Lee checked, Drilon bet 6k, Lee check-raised to 12k, and Drilon folded up.
On a flop of A♦ 3♥ 5♦, Seongsu Kong bet 1600, Hanwool raised to 4500, and Kong called. On the turn of 6♦, Kong led again, this time for 6k, and Hanwool called. On the river of 4♣, Kong checked to Hanwool who bet 8k. Kong folded.