HomeMasaki Fujitani shoved his remaining 38.5k stack from the button and sb Kar Ooi Low called.
Fujitani K♥ Q♣
Low A♥ 10♥
The board ran Q♦ A♠ 4♣ 9♥. Both hit a pair but Low had better to rail Fujitani. Low up to 182k.
Graeme Siow has been taking hits to his stack. This was one of those moments. Utg Paul Hockin (APT decorated champion) raised to 6k, Siow called from the button. At the flop J♣ 8♥ Q♠, Hockin bet 5500, Siow raised to 17.5k, Hockin shoved for a total of 35.5k, Siow called with more chips.
Siow Q♥ 10♣ top pair
Hockin K♦ Q♦ top pair higher kicker
The turn 2♦ and river J♥ completed the board. Siow dropped to 50k, Hockin doubled up to 85k.
Inaki Santos kicked off the betting preflop with a raise to 5k, Tobias Peters three-bet to 16.5k, Xu Quiang four-bet to 40k, Santos folded, Peters shoved 170.5k, Xu folded. Peters at 210k.
Flop showed 8♥ 3♣ J♠ with 65k already in the pot, Dohwan Kim and Michael Kim Falcon both checked. Turn came 10♣ Dohwan bet 15k, Michael called. River showed 4♦ Dohwan pushed all in for 10,100, and Michael called. Dohwan took it down with pocket aces A♣ A♠ Michael showed only top pair J♥ Q♥ Dohwan now has a 110k chip stack, Michael at 65k.
With 75k in the pot flop showed 7♥ Q♠ 4♦ Yuta Murakami check-called to Chen Yazhou who bet 33k. Turn came 7♠ both players checked. River showed K♣ Yuta shoved all-in for 110,500 Chen can’t do it and folded. Yuta now up to 260k in chips, Chen down to 275k.
We currently have 108 players remaining. Here are the big stacks:
Lim Chaesung 370k (chip leader)
Kong Seung Su 355k
Christopher Mateo 275k
Thomas Lee 245k
Chen Yazhou 310k
Xu Quiang 290k
Ken Foo Hsien Loong 283k
Total chips in play: 15,732,800
Average stack: 145,674
Prize pool: 22,895,000
ITM: 32 places
On a flop Q♦ J♦ 7♥ and 12k brewed, Tao Gang checked, Byung Wook Ahn bet 5k, called by Gang. On the K♣ turn, no bets arrived for a free look at the river 8♣. Gang led for 13k, Ahn called. Gang showed 7♦ 6♦ pair but Ahn had better A♠ Q♥ to take the pot.
WSOP decorated champion / APT major title-holder Mike Takayama lost a large portion of his stack to Iori Yogo before this hand sent him to the rail. Against Yogo, both players saw a flop A♥ J♥ 2♠ with a 6k in the middle. sb Yogo bet 2k, bb Takayama raised to 7k, Yogo shoved, called by Takayama. Yogo A♦ 9♥ top pair, Takayama 4♥ 8♥ flush draw, the turn 5♦ and river 4♣ completed the board for a double up to Yogo.
Down to around 35k, Takayama pushed and Chen Yazhou took on the challenge.
Takayama 6♠ 7♠
Yazhou Q♣ Q♦
The board ran K♠ 2♠ 3♦ 4♦ J♦. Takayama out. Yazhou now at 330k.
Turn board 9♣ 7♠ 6♥ 8♥ and 30k pot, Ori Mendi shoved (69k), Mototsuya Ando called. Mnedi 10♥ 9♥ straight, Ando J♦ J♣, river A♣ kept Mendi ahead for a double up to 165k. Ando crippled down to 20k.