HomeAfter eight hour on the felt, Main Event Day 2 is in the bag. Based on the screens, 57 survived. We will have the official results and chip counts shortly. Closing the day with the biggest stacks were Singapore’s Ong Dingxiang and Korea’s Hwany Lee. Stay tuned for the recap.
On the last hand of table 3, John Kyle Magbanua raised to 10k, big blind Joel Singam three-bet to 45k. Fast call by Magbanua to see the flop A♥ 5♣ 3♠. Singam c-bet 25k, Magbanua called. On the turn 7♦, Singam put the brakes on and checked, Magbanua bet 32k, Singam tank-folded. Magbanua showed his hand K♣ 10♠ bluff.
On a board 10♣ 6♥ 2♠ 6♣ K♠, Vladimir Mefodichev bet 24k, Richard Marquez called, Mefodichev had it J♦ 6♦ trips. Marquez dropped to 85k, Mefodichev back up to 280k.
Hwany Lee
Hwany Lee continues to rake in pot after pot at the feature table. One of his biggest pots saw a raise by cutoff You Jun Hong to 11.5k, called by button Samuel Deering, and bb Lee. At the flop Q♣ 7♦ J♥ all three checked. On the turn 10♣, Hong bet 15k, Deering raised to 40k, Lee called, Hong folded. The river 8♠, Lee led for 85k, Deering tanked then eventually folded. Lee showed K♦ and said he had Ace-King.
Big pot between Soujiane Bakas and Kim Enriquez opened with the latter raising to 9k, bb Bakas three-betting to 22k, called by Enriquez. At the flop } 2♠ 5♦ 4♦, Bakas c-bet 36k, Enriquez called. On the turn 5♣ both checked. The river 8♦ back to betting with Bakas laying out 85.5k. Enriquez tank-called then mucked to Bakas’s 4♠ 5♠ full house. Enriquez dropped to 58k, Bakas 450k.
Big stacked Masatoshi Ezawa raised to 9k, got called by Abhinav Iyer, then down the orbit, An Jae Young three-bet to 31k. Quick call by Ezawa while Iyer got out of the way. At the flop 9♠ 4♣ 5♦, Young bet 28k, Ezawa called. On the turn 10♦, Young checked, Ezawa fired 100k, Young shoved, no call. Young zoomed to 400k, Ezawa dropped to 483k.
Another all in preflop with Jasven Saigal three-bet shoving with A♠ K♠ and An Jae Young calling with K♥ K♦. The board was no help to Saigal for the cowboys to hold. Saigal paid the double up and dropped to just 9k. He busted shortly after. Young jumped to 240k.
On a flop 4♠ J♣ 6♠, Kunal Patni found himself all in with K♠ 8♠ flush draw, Marc Rivera called with J♠ J♥ set. The turn 6♣ sealed the win for Rivera with a boat to bring his stack up to 380k.
All in preflop with Dean Williams initiating with J♥ J♠, however, Ashley De Guzman had A♦[ah}. The board further improved De Guzman running A♠ 6♥ 9♣ 8♣ 3♦.