HomeSeungduk Yang all in for his last 154k, big stacked Ken Foo Hsien Loong made the fast call. No others joined and the cards were opened: Yang 7♦ 7♥, Loong K♦ K♥, the board ran J♦ 9♣ 5♦ 10♦ 10♠. Yang eliminated. Loong up to 1M.
Eliminations 28th – 32nd – P153,900
28th Paul Hockin – New Zealand
29th Wang Jiabin – China
30th Kar Ooi Low – Malaysia
31st Takariro Abe – Japan
32nd Andrew Nguyen – USA
All in preflop, Gyeong Byeong Lee at risk with A♠ 9♠ against Christopher Mateo’s K♦ K♠. The board helped him out 5♣ A♥ 4♣ 2♣ 5♦ for a higher pair spiked and a double up to over 700k. Mateo drops to 940k.
It was not too long ago did we see Joshua Chargualaf putting his tournament life on the line during the bubble round. He survived it and he proceeded to deliver the bubble. Down to three tables, Chargualaf continues his ascent claiming a nice pile off Siyoung Lee. The hand began with utg Lee popping it up to 45k, Chargualaf three-bet to 130k, Lee called. On the flop 4♦ 5♣ 9♦, Chargualaf checked, Lee fired 50k, Chargualaf answered with a check-raise to 130k, Lee called. On the turn 5♦ andriver J♠ both checked. Chargualaf opened 8♠ 8♣ and Lee mucked. Chargualaf up to 840k, Lee down to 735k.
Ysiharu Kawamoto shoved his 120k stack and nearly scooped up the blinds and antes however the big blind was chip leader Tobias Peters. He could easily afford it. He called.
Kawamoto A♦ 6♦
Peters 8♥ 9♠
The board ran 8♠ 2♠ Q♥ K♣ 9♠ for a pair to Peters and the exit to Kawamoto. And the rich get richer….
27 players remaining
Total chips in play: 15,732,800
Average stack: 582,696
Chip leaders:
Tobias Peters 1.7M
Kong Seung Su 1.484M
Christopher Mateo 1.28M
Iori Yogo 980k
Siyoung Lee 940k
Victor Lam three-bet shoved Yuanchao Li’s initial 35k raise. After getting the count of 207k total, Li called. Lam 6♠ 6♦, Li A♥ 10♥, the board bricked for a double up to Lam to 440k. Li dropped to 600k.
There are several APT major title-holders left in the field, among them is Paul Hockin. On a flop Q♦ 9♥ 5♣, heavy bets came between him and Inaki Santos. It led to all the chips out front. Hockin J♠ 10♣ open ended, Santos A♠ Q♠ top pair. The turn 3♣ and river 2♦ were no help to the champion. He dropped to 60k, Santos doubled up to 600k.
Tobias Peters sent Kar Ooi Low to the exit and in turn drive his own stack upwards of 1.7M. He may well be our chip leader at the moment. The hand began with Ken Foo Hsien Loong raising to 35k, , db Kar Ooi Low and bb Peters called. On the flop 2♦ 8♥ 3♦, Peters led for 57k, Loong folded, Low raised to 125k, Peters called. On the turn 5♥ Peters checked to Low who bet 225k, Peters Jammed, Low called. Low A♦ 8♦ top pair, Peters 4♥ 6♥ straight. The river 5♠ completed the board. Low eliminated.