HomeCatching the action only on the river Q♥ 3♣ 6♠ J♣ A♥ with 45k to fight for, Mark Gruendemann bet 23k, John Tech raised to 70k, Gruendemann called. Tech showed A♠ Q♣, Gruendemann mucked. Gruendemann down to 190k, Tech up to 460k.
Heavy preflop action saw Yang Hsien Yuan raise to 12k, David Erquiaga called, Tao Gang three-bet to 37k, Yang four-bet shoved 6.5k, Gang called.
Gang A♣ K♦
Yang A♠ Q♦
The board ran 10♦ K♥ 3♥ 6♦ 10♠. Yang eliminated. Gang grew to 260k.
Marvin Rettenmaier raised to 10.5k and found one to join to the flop, Louis Bilodeau. Flop 2♥ 9♠ 9♣, Rettenmaier checked, Bilodeau bet 30k, Rettenmaier called. On the turn 3♣ and river A♣, no bets landed. Rettenmaier with 5♥ 5♣, Bilodeau claimed the pot with 10♥ 10♦ higher pocket pair. Bilodeau up to 305k, Rettenmaier dropped to 165k.
85k in the middle, flop 8♦ J♠ 3♠, Li Rongshan shoved 170k and David Erquiaga called. Rongshan K♣ K♥, Erquiaga K♠ J♦, the turn K♦ improved both players but Rongshan had better. The river A♥ completed the board, Rongshan rose to 420k, Erquiaga down to 165k.
Big pot shipped in by Shyh Chyn Lim while sending out Joseph Sia and Peng Yu Lin simultaneously. The hand began with Sia all in for 32k, Ivan Tabucal called, Peng all in for 46k, Lim called, Tabucal called. At the flop 2♠ 9♠ 10♠, Lim jammed a stack well covering Tabucal. Tabucal folded.
Sia J♣ J♥
Peng A♥ 10♣
Lim Q♠ Q♣
The turn 6♥ and river 5♠ completed the board. Lim rose to 400k.
Tobias Peters
Zhiqiang Qian raised to 10k, Tobias Peters three-bet to 31.5k, big blind Siyoung Lee called, Qian four-bet to 160k, Peters shoved five-bet shoved 342k to push Lee out of the pot. Qian called with less chips. Peters showed K♦ K♥ Qian showed A♥ K♠. Board came 7♠ 10♠ 4♥ 3♥ 9♣. Peters takes down a huge 201.5k pot and knocks out Qian bringing him into big stack status at 543,500 in chips.
Catching the action on a turn board 6♥ 8♠ 5♥ 9♥ and 100k in the pot, Ivan Tabucal bet 51k, Lester Edoc shoved, Tabucal tank folded. Edoc up to 450k. Tabucal down to 145k.
Louis Bildeau opened for 11k, Xu Qiang and Cheng Vifeng called. On the flop K♥ 10♦ A♥, Bildeau checked, Qiang bet 21k, Vifeng called, Bildeau folded for heads up. On the turn 9♥, Qiang bet 46k, Vifeng called. The river 6♦, Qiang shoved and won the pot with Vifeng giving up his hand. Qiang up to 260k. Vifeng down to 74k.
Christopher Mateo
Main Event champion Christopher Mateo and runer-up Lu Zhenghao were tabled together and faced off for a pot that sent one of them spiraling downward. Action began with Zhenghao bumping it up to 15k, Mateo called. On the flop 4♥ 3♦ 6♠, Zhenghao c-bet 15k, Mateo raised to 45k, Zhenghao shoved, Mateo called with about even stack.
Zhenghao Q♥ J♠
Mateo J♥ J♦
The turn 2♦ and river 8♣ were no help to Zhenghao. He plummeted to 4500 while Mateo zoomed to 330k.