HomePreflop action saw Luen Hei Kwok shove his stack under 30k, big stacked David Erquiaga called to put Kwok at risk of elimination. Kwok Q♥ Q♣, Erquiaga A♥ J♣, the board ran clean for Kwok until the river 9♥ J♦ 9♣ 8♠ A♣ gave Erquiaga a higher two pair. Erquiaga climbed to 220k.
Ivan Tabucal may be our chip leader at the moment. He strong-armed with his big stack and won a huge one off Tamon Nakamura and Robin Gorres. The hand began with Nakamura raising to 4k, Gorres and Tabucal called. On the flop 10♥ J♦ 8♥, Nakamura c-bet 7k, Gorres called, Tabucal raised to 24k, called by both Nakamura and Gorres. On the turn 4♣, action was checked to Tabucal, he fired 32k and got called again by both players. The river 7♠, check-check to Tabucal, he shoved his 144k stack that well covered both challengers. Nakamura folded, Gorres tank-folded.
Tabucal scooped up the massive pile and now sits with 325k.
Marvin Rettenmaier is on the rise. With over 150k to play with, he shipped more by railing Moe Saquing. Saquing shoved preflop (13.6k), called by Rettenmaier and Samuel Hunter. The flop J♣ 2♣ 8♥, Hunter checked, Rettenmaier bet 25k for a side pot but Hunter folded.
Rettenmaier showed A♠ K♦, Saquing was ahead with 6♦ 6♥, the turn A♥ changed that and with the river 2♦, Saquing was out. Rettenmaier up to 190k.
Marc Rivera has been sporting a big stack in and out of the 300k range. In our attempt to get a hand off him, we instead saw Benjamin Gonzva win the pot. The hand began with Rivera raising to 2500, called by Gonzva and Rene Pacayra. At the flop 7♥ 3♣ 8♠, Rivera c-bet 3k, called by Gonzva, Pacayra folded. On the turn 4♣, Rivera checked, Gonzva took the chance to bet 6500, Rivera called. The river 6♥, no bets landed. Rivera showed A♠ 3♠ bottom pair, Gonzva won the pot with 9♦ 8♥ top pair.
Rivera slips to 275k, Gonzva up to 105k.
Lyu Junquiang shoved on a flop 7♥ 8♠ A♥ and decorated APT Main Event champion John Tech called. Lyu J♦ 9♣ gutshot, Tech 9♥ 8♥ mid pair flush draw. The turn Q♠ and river 10♠ awarded Lyu exactly what he hunted for to double up to 103k. Tech slips to 100k.
Linh Tran all in with Q♦ Q♠, Cao Si You called with A♠ K♦. The board bricked. Cao down to 16k, Tran up to 100k.
Table 16 saw the two big stacks, Le Tuan Anh and Asakura go at it to create a big pot. On a flop 4♥ J♥ 5♥ and 10k in the middle, Asakura bet 14k, Anh raised to 37k, Asakura three-bet to 85k, Anh jammed 195,400 that covered Asakura’s stack. Asakura tanked then folded. Anh showed his 10♥ 6♥ flush.
Anh zoomed to 305k, Asakura dropped to 114k.
Catching the action just before the preflop betting ended with a pot in mid-brew. Big blind Hung Tu Wang had 8100 out front, Samad Razavi shoved 25.2k, Sze Chi Fu fired 42.3k, and back to bb who opted to fold.
Razavi A♣ K♥
Fu Q♣ Q♥
The board ran 7♦ 7♥ A♥ 5♣ J♦. Razavi doubled up to over 80k.
Head Hunter champion bounced out WPT Vietnam champion Vincent Chauve early in the new level. Chauve was down to a low 14.5k stack and shoved. Villavicencio called.
Chauve 3♠ 3♦
Villavicencio K♠ Q♥
The board ran 2♣ J♥ 9♦ Q♠ Q♦ for trips to Villavicencio.