HomeToniyoung Degracia and Hiroshi Iwashita faced off in this hand. On a flop of 7♥ 9♣ K♣, Degracia bet 1200 and Iwashita called. On the turn of 8♣, Degracia continued to muscle Iwashita and bet 1500 but Iwashita answered back with a 4500 raise. Degracia called. On the river of 10♦, Degracia continued as before and bet 6k. Iwashita gave up his challenge for the pot.
Shortly after, Degracia called Hun Sok Meng’s all in. She was on the big blind and Meng only had 2700 chips.
Degracia 10-2
Meng A-2
The board ran 9♥ 4♠ 6♠ 10♦ K♣ giving her a pair and Meng the boot.
Earlier Alexis Lim shipped in all of a player’s chips and now has earned another decent pot to add to his healthy stack. Lim raised to 850 preflop and was called by the player to his immediate left, Le Ngok Khanh.
The flop cam A♠ 8♠ J♥ and Lim continued with an 850 bet, Khanh raised to 2100, Lim three-bet to 6500, and Khanh flat-called. On the river of 9♥, Lim wasted no time and pushed with over 70k and won without a challenge.
Dhanesh Chainani sent two players packing up just before the end of the level. On a flop of 4♦ 3♠ 6♥,action was all around the table and as usual it ended up everyone all in.
Taehyun Park 3-3 lower set
Chainani 6-6 set
Mike Galang A-A overpair
The turn of 10♣ and river of 10♠ kept Chainani ahead and shipped in all the chips while sending the two out of the field. Chainani now up to 150k chips and is the current leader.
Three players contributed to the big pot of 17k already weighing down the middle. The board showed Q♥ J♠ 8♠ 8♣. Michel Ghanem moved all in with 13,560 in chips, and both Byung Il Park and Junko Hirai called adding more to an already massive pot. On the river of 4♥, Park shoved and Hirai folded. Park showed 10♦ 9♣ straight, Ghanem mucked, then sped out of the tournament area.
On a flop of 2♠ Q♣ 10♦, Arthur Bagcat bet 1200 into a raised pot preflop and Aso Seitaro called. On the turn of K♣, Bagcat continued and bet 2k, Seitaro called. On the river of 10♠, both checked and Bagcat won with Q♠ J♠. Seitaro mucked.
It was a doozy of a hand between Alexis Lim and Christopher Gavan. On a raised pot preflop, both players checked a board of 7♣ 7♠ 8♥. The turn came A♦ and Lim led out for 1200. Then heavy action ensued with Gavan raising to 3k, Lim re-raised to 7k, Gavan shoved, and Lim called with more chips.
Lim A-A full house
Gavan 7-8 lower full house
The river card didn’t help Gavan and he was eliminated.
Toniyoung Degracia just delivered Hun Sok Meng a bad blow to his stack. After a series of raises preflop, the pot ballooned to 10k.
The flop ran K♣ 5♣ 8♠, Meng bet 3500, Degracia raised to 15k, Meng shoved and in a snap, Degracia called.
Meng K♠ Q♥ top pair
Degracia A♠ K♥ top pair higher kicker
The turn of 7♥ and river of 8♥ sealed Degracia’s better hand and she skyrocketed to 100k while Meng fell to 5k.
Junko Hirai may be the only lady at her table but she is not afraid to tango with the boys. She raised to 600, Van Sang Nguyen three-bet to 2500, Hirai four-bet to 6675, Nguyen re-popped it to 13500, and Hirai slowed it down with a call.
The flop ran K♦ A♦ 8♦ and both checked. On the turn of 3♣, Nguyen bet 12k, and Hirai couldnt’ match it up.
Jim Bonanno was in a hand with several players in and a flop already showing, 10♥ 3♣ 7♠. The utg player bet 1200 and three called. On the turn of 5♠, Noel Araniel was given the go-ahead and he bet 5k. Bonanno called, the player beside him Arthur Bagcat (on the button) called, and the utg folded. On the river of K♠, action was checked to Bagcat who tested the waters and bet 5600. Araniel let go of his hand while Bonanno called.
Bonanno 9♣ 10♣ second pair
Bagcat 9♦ 7♦} mid pair