HomeTwo short stacks went at it, one went up, one crippled. All in preflop, the board was 6♠ 2♥ A♣ Q♣ 10♠, Joseph Sia won with A♥ K♥ over Christos Vlavos’s 7♦ 7♣. Sia up to 265k, Vlavos down to 45k.
Fu Bang Huang raised to 25k, Christopher Mateo called. At the flop Q♥ 5♠ 8♠, both checked. On the turn J♠, Huang checked, Mateo bet 40k, Huang called. On the J♣ river, check again by Huang, Mateo banged out 125k, Huang called. Mateo showed 9♥ 10♥ straight, Huang mucked. Mateo over 780k. Huang down to 105k.
Sandro Bruni had 8♥ 8♦, at risk player Daiki Horikawa A♠ 10♠, the board offered no help to Horikawa to send him out of the running. Bruni up to 410k.
Edgar Kim was the first player to cross into the million marker but has since dropped down. We have a new one entering that range, Vamerdino Magsakay after winning a large majority of Su Tian Hong’s stack.
On a raised pot preflop and a board 4♥ 10♦ 2♥, Hong checked, Magsakay bet 55k, Hong called. On the turn 10♠, Hong checked again then called an 85k bet. The river 10♠, Hong acted the same. He check-called a 200k bet. Magsakay showed A♥ 10♣ trips, Hong 4♦ 5♦ two pair, Magsakay shipped it to grow to 1.1M. Hong plunged to 28k.
44 players remaining. Total chips in play 12,575,000. Average stack 285,795.
Chip leaders:
Vamerdino Magsakay 845k
Jung Seung Mook 820k
Edgar Kim 790k
Christopher Mateo 600k
Marc Rivera 545k
Edgar Kim was moved to a new table bringing with him his enormous 1M stack. Several hands in, he lost some of the towers to Jung Seung Mook to switch up in leadership.
Catching the hand on a raised pot and a flop 4♠ 2♥ K♠, Kim checked, Mook bet 40k, Kim called. No bets arrived on the Q♥ turn to bring on the 8♥ river. Kim bet 135k, Mook called. Kim showed A♦ 2♦ bottom pair, Mook had 10♠ 10♣ to win it. Mook climbed to 910k while Kim dropped to 750k.
Marc Rivera raised to 17k, Shue Sing Churk three-bet to 51k, Rivera called. On the flop A♥ Q♣ 2♣, both checked. On the A♣ turn, Rivera led for 55k, Shue called. On the K♠ river, Rivera bet a lower 35k, Shue called. Rivera showed A♦ 7♦ trips, Shue mucked.
Thomas Lee opened to 18k, Su Tian Hong called, the flop landed 10♠ 9♣ 10♦. Lee checked, Hong bet 20k, Lee called. On the turn 2♦, same action with Lee check-calling a 35k bet. The river 2♥ saw both check it. Lee showed Q♥ J♦, Hong won it with K♣ Q♣ king high.
Eliminations 46th to 51st – P102,700
46th David Erquiaga – Philippines
47th Tatsuya Hirose – Japan
48th Tobias Peters – Netherlands
49th Tetsuya Tsuchikawa – Japan
50th Lanny Haney – USA
51st Samad Razavi – UK