HomeAlthough no overwhelming chip leader has emerged, Kimura Lee Jongyeol may be one of the contenders. In a hand against Victor Chong, Jongyeol attempted to gain more but got a shaving instead.
On a flop of Q♦ 10♦ Q♠, Chong checked to Jongyeol who bet 2k. Chong called. On the turn of 10♣, Chong checked it again and Jongyeol bet another 2k. Chong replied with a check-raise to 6k, but got a re-raise back at him of 13k from Jongyoel. Chong called. On the river of 7♠, both players checked and Chong opened up K♥ 10♥ full house to win it. Jongyeol mucked.
On a flop of 8♦ J♣ 9♦, Tristan Yumul was all in with his short stack of 8300, was called by Hun Sok Meng, then Yoichi Uesugi also shoved. With more chips than Uesugi, Meng called for a three-way showdown.
Yumul J♦ 3♦
Uesugi A♦ 10♦
Meng 2♦ 5♦
The turn of Q♠ was bank for Uesugi as he completed his straight, and with the river of 3♦ he further improved to a nut flush to win the big pile in the middle.
Jin Yong earned himself a sweet doublle up courtesy of Casey Kastle. The flop was 9♠ 3♠ 4♠ and all his chips found its way to the middle with Kastle making the call.
Kastle A♠ 7♠ nut flush
Yong 9♣ 9♦ set
The turn of 10♣ was no help to Yong but the river card of 4♦ was, giving him a dominating full house to claim a double up.
SJ Kim bagged a double up to climb over the starting stack range. On a flop of 3♦ 9♠ 8♠, he was all in with 28k and Masatoshi Tanaka called.
Kim 6♠ 7♠ straight flush draw
Tanaka K♥ K♣ overpair
The turn of 10♣ gave Kim one of the out he needed to overtake Tanaka, and with the river of Q♥, the win was secured. Kim now up to 60k chips.
Michiya Tsuda and Kwangil Ku engaged in a pot that brewed 7k in the middle preflop. The dealer laid out Q♠ Q♦ 4♠, Tsuda checked, Koo bet 4k, Tsuda check-raised all in, and that was it. Koo folded.
Takuya Kato four-bet all in and Kenneth Buck had enough chips to make the call.
Buck J♠ J♥
Kato A♣ A♠
The board ran 2♦ 3♦ 10♠ 5♣ 8♥ and Kato doubled up. Buck dropped to 35k.
Two hands back-to-back saw Lester Edoc go down then up like a seesaw. On the first hand, the flop of 7♣ 8♠ 10♦ had Victor Chong bet 1k onto an unraised pot preflop. Edoc replied with a raise to 3500, and Chong flat-called. On the turn of 9♥, Chong sent the betting option to Edoc who obliged with a 4k drop, and Chong called. On the river of 8♣, both players checked it.
Edoc J♣ 9♠ straight on the flop
Chong 10♥ 8♥ full house on the river
The next hand Edoc was up against Tseng Wei Ming who raised to 1k preflop. Edoc three-bet to 2500, and Tseng called. On the flop of 10♥ J♠ Q♥, Tseng checked to Edoc who slid out 3500 and Tseng matched it. On the turn of 6♣, Tseng passed to Edoc who laid out a bigger bet of 10k to which was answered with an all in by Tseng. With less chips, Edoc put his tournament life on the line.
Tseng J♣ 10♣ two pair
Edoc A♣ 10♣ straight
The river came A♠ and Edoc earned a double up.
On a flop of 6♥ 6♣ 2♦, Yoichi Uesugi bet 6k to Bertand Ortiz who smooth-called. On the turn of Q♠, Uesugi checked, Ortiz bet 7k, and this time it was Uesugi who smooth-called. On the river of 4♣, Uesugi checked again, Ortiz banged out 15k, and won the hand with no challenge.
A series of preflop raises sent the pot to 6k preflop with three players going head-to-head, Jessie Supnet, Ho Bao Qiang, and the button player. The flop ran 9♥ 7♣ 10♦ and all three checked. The turn of Q♣ initiated heavy action starting with
Qiang checked
Supnet bet 3100
Button called
Qiang check-raised to 11.1k
Supnet three-bet to 33.1k
Button fold
Qiang called
On the river of 3♥, Qiang checked to Supnet who didn’t even count it out, he just moved all in. Qiang folded and Supnet won a massive pot.