A nice meaty pot went Alex Lee’s way. It began with Chris Mateo raising to 9500 and got called by both Gerard Bringley and Lee. At the flop of 8♠ 5♦ K♦, they all checked. On the turn of 3♠ Lee and Mateo checked to Bringley who bet 13k. Lee called but Mateo bowed out. The river of Q♥ saw Lee change gears and bet 15.5k. Bringley folded.
On a flop of 2♣ Q♥ 7♦, Chang Hun Lee bet 5k and Gerard Bringley joined him to the turn with a call. The next card was 6♦, Lee bet 11k and again Bringley called. On the river of 10♦, Bringley checked once more, Lee bet a strong 65k, Bringley was unfazed and called.
Bringley showed K♦ Q♦ and Lee mucked.
A big pot was already brewed preflop and the board ran 8♠ A♦ A♠. Yoichi Uesugi bet 18k and Edoc called. At the turn of 5♥, Uesugi checked, Edoc bet 30k, and Uesugi gave up his stake on the pot. Edoc revealed his A♥ K♥ trips.
Seongsu Kong was dealt his final hand of the Main Event. It was a three-way all in action preflop.
Kong K♦ Q♦
Ceesvin Abdulla A♠ K♥
Chiu Sze Keung A♦ K♠
The board was 6♥ 2♦ A♥ Q♥ A♣ and Kong was eliminated while Abdulla nd Keung split his chips.
A big pot generated preflop saw a flop land A♠ 7♥ 10♣. Both Ho Bao Qiang and Rajesh Jiandoni checked and the turn fell J♥. Jiandoni bet 15k and Qiang called. On the river of 4♦, Jiandoni bet 25k and Qiang called.
Jiandoni A♦ 10♦ two pair
Qiang J♣ J♠ set
More action packed hands at the Main Event. Alex Lee raised to 8500 preflop, Martin Gonzales and Go Mori both called. At the flop of 3♥ 2♦ 6♠, action was checked to Lee who continued with an 8500 bet. Gonzales check-raised to 23.5k, Mori folded, and Lee followed right after.
With a pot of 19k in the middle and a flop of J♦ 7♠ 5♠, Lester Edoc checked to Kakiuchi Yasuke who laid out an 8500 bet. Edoc replied with a 30k raise, Yasuke increased it to 58.5k, Edoc moved all in for 155k. Yasuke folded.
Edoc showed his A♠ 9♠ nut flush draw.
Action packed preflop saw Edward Pastoll raise to 7k, Tran Hai Ha called, Jim Bonanno all in, Pastoll called, Ha folded.
Pastoll A♠ Q♥
Bonanno 10♦ 9♦
The board ran 6♣ J♠ 3♥ 5♠ A♣ and Bonanno was eliminated.
On a flop of 2♦ A♣ 5♣, Gerard Bringley checked to Chris Mateo then called an 8k bet. On the turn of J♦, Bringley checked again, Mateo bet 16.5k, and Bringley folded.