HomeLow Zi Cheng was all in with his short stack and got called by Shingo Cho. Low had Q♠ 3♦, Cho J♦ J♠, the board dry for Low to send him out of the running.
Mid position / Big stacked Marc Rivera raised to 4200, button player Maki Ikeda three-bet to 15.5k, Rivera called. On the flop 6♠ 3♣ 3♥, Rivera checked to Ikeda who fired 25k, Rivera called. On the K♦ turn, check again by Rivera, Ikeda jammed, Rivera folded. Ikeda kindly showed his A♦ A♥. Rivera down to 300k, Ikeda up to 148k.
Catching the action on the river betting, 7♦ J♠ 4♣ Q♥ 10♥ and a 33k pot, Ron Tate bet 13k, Edgar Kim raised to 36k, Tate tanked until the clock was called. Tate timed out.
Joseph Sia is doing his darndest to bring his stack into fighting form. In doing so, he picked up a couple of pots with uncalled shoves. The first pot saw action fold to Sia on the sb seat, he limped. Bb Siyang Lee raised to 6k, Sia answered with a shove of 58.4k, Lee tank-folded.
Next shove came a little later. A pot of 48k was already in the middle, Sia and Shue Sing Churk stared down a turn board 7♠ 9♣ Q♣ 6♥. Sia shoved 51.3k, Shue tanked then folded.
Short-stacked Tamon Nakamura went all in and was called by Gerardo Lubas III Nakamura held A♦ 7♣, Lubas with 10♣ 10♠, no help came on the board for Nakamura to fall on the wayside.
While this brought Lubas’s stack to around 220k, he lost some of to Jae Kyung Joe in a later hand. With 30k in the middle and a turn board J♠ 6♠ 6♣ 6♦, Joe checked to Lubas who bet 20k, Joe raised to 42k, Lubas tank- folded. Joe up to 160k, Lubas down to 200k.
Siyang Lee entered the new level with around 250k making him one of the biggest stacks in the field. He lost a little to short stacked Fumimasa Hirasawa to drop to 190k. It was all in preflop, Fumimasa A♣ 8♣, Lee A♥ 7♥, the board 6♣ K♠ J♦ 5♥ 10♥, kicker played.
144 players remaining. Total chips in play 12,575,000. Average stack 87,326. Here are the current chip leaders:
Le Tuan Anh 333k
Ivan Tabucal 330k
David Erquiaga 320k
Chang Tae Hoon 300k
Marc Rivera 280k
Siyang Lee 250k
David Erquiaga continues to crush the competition. His latest challenger was Vietnamese pro Le Ngoc Khanh. Catching the action on a board of J♥ 8♠ J♦ Q♠ and 22k in the pot. Khanh bet 13k, Erquiaga check-called. On the river 4♦, Erquiaga led for 20k, Khanh raised to 63k, Erquiaga called. Khanh mucked upon seeing Erquiaga’s 8♥ 8♦ full house. Erquiaga up to 345k.
Big stacks tangle at table 18 – Marc Rivera vs Lee Teck Seng. On a raised pot preflop, sb Rivera bet 6300 on a flop 8♣ A♥ 10♦, called by Seng. On the turn K♣, Rivera slid out 15k, Seng folded. Rivera nearing 300k, Seng down to 217k.