Home48 players remaining, top 5 biggest stacks:
Hwany Lee 810lk
Dingxiang Ong 685k
Bonifacio Mondalo 610k
Kim Jun Hee 600k
In Ho Song 540k
Federick Cruz
Sick turnout at table 31 with two players all in called by big stacked Federick Cruz.
Richard Marquez – A♦ K♦
Ji Yang A♠ J♠
Federick Cruz A♣ K♣
When the board ran 2♥ 6♠ 10♣ 4♣ Q♣, it was a backdoor flush for Cruz to knock out two players simultaneously. Marquez finished 50th and Yang 49th to each collect Php 101,900.
Three hands was all it took for the bubble to burst. The first all in saw Tomohiro Tsuchiya’s K♦ K♠ survive Vladimir Mefodichev’s A♠ K♣ but not so fortunate for Samuel Deering. On a flop 4♣ 9♠ 2♦, Deering was all in with K♦ 4♦, Hernan Villa challenged with top pair J♠ 9♥, the turn 6♣ and river 6♥ were not the outs Deering needed to bust on the bubble.
Another three way showdown with William Fasano all in with 50.5k, Joel Singam – who dropped down to 10k after losing a pot to Hernan Villa – tossed his short stack in, and Jan Jason Leoncio, who had just doubled up through Fasano with pocket Kings beating Ace-King.
Fasano A♦ Q♦
Singam K♦ J♦
Leoncio 9♦ 9♥
The board ran 10♦ 4♦ 9♠ A♠ 10♥ for a crushing full house to Leoncio and a double bust.
We are down to 51 players which means it is bubble time! Hand for hand play begins.
Before Lim Sangbeom busted, he first lost a big pot to Bonifacio Mondalo’s full house. Shortly after, he was all in with his remaining 69k stack, Weon Jae Yoon joined in for less, then Soufiane Bakas called them both with his massive stack.
Lim A♦ A♥
Weon K♦ Q♥
Bakas 7♣ 7♠
The board ran 9♠ 3♥ 10♦ J♣ 8♥ for a straight to Weon to win the main pot and a lower straight to Bakas to take the side pot. Lim was eliminated.
With a board showing 7♠ 9♦ 3♣ Q♣ and a pot just under 120k weighing down the middle, You Jun Hong shoved for 63k, Jason Magbanua folded. Hong showed the K♠ J♥ bluff. Hong climbed to 240k.
On a board that completed 6♣ A♠ K♦ 9♣ 4♣ and a pot of 62.5k in the middle, Katsu bet 33k, Soufiane Bakas jammed, Katsu snap-called for his tournament life.
Katsu A♦ 9♠
Bakas K♣ J♣
Upon seeing Bakas’ flush, Katsu was stunned asking “flush”? It sure was. He was eliminated while Bakas climbed to 430k.
54 players remaining.
Ryota Oda celebrated his double up his short stack with A♣ 7♦ staying ahead of You Jun Hong’s 3♦ 7♥.
At table 2, On a flop 9♣ 7♣ 8♦, Samuel Deering announced all in and was Ryan Gebow risked it. Gebow A♠ 9♥ outkicked Deering’s 9♦ 4♣, and with the turn 7♠ and river 5♥, it was a scoop for Gebow to 180k.
Within the first five minutes, two players quickly went broke. The first one was Rodrigo Sequite J♦ 10♦ who fell to You Jun Hong K♠ 10♥. Sequite hit the flop on a board 9♥ J♥ 8♠ K♥ A♥, but the turn went to Hong which held to knock out Sequite.
At the other table, entering with the shortest stack of 13,500 was Yukiko Fujki. She risked it with K♣ 6♦ that was dominated throughout by Richard Marquez’s A♣ Q♠.