Abhinav Iyer plunged down to just 10k in a bad beat against You Jun Hong. During the hand Hong jammed with 8♠ 8♦ and Iyer snapped with J♣ J♦. When the flop came down 8♥ 2♠ Q♣, Hong scored a set, and with the turn 5♦ and river K♦, Hong doubled up to 330k while Iyer plunged.
Short stacked Justin Geronimo is building back up. Down to 40k, he shoved and picked up the blinds and ante. On the next hand, he jammed again on a board 3♣ 8♥ 6♥, three players in the hand opted to fold to award him the 56k pot. He picked up another small pot since and now has over 150k.
All in preflop with Ryan Gebow Q♦ J♦ dominated by Mike Allen with A♣ K♦. No help arrived on the board instead Allen improved on the river. Gebow out in 39th place for Php 122,300.
Cutoff Marc Rivera raised to 13k, SB Sofia Lovgren Fullmer shoved, bb Tomohiro Tsuchiya tanked then risked his tournament life. Rivera got out of the way.
Fullmer Q♦ J♣
Tsuchiya 10♥ 10♠
The board ran 5♥ J♦ 3♦ A♦ 9♦ to end Tsuchiya’s run in 41st place and Fullmer a boost to 320k.
On a flop J♥ 10♥ 7♥, big stacked Ong Dingxiang bet 22k, a few spots over satellite winner Kai Tse Lee jammed for 111k. This sent Ong tanking, using up one time bank before opting to fold while saying “folding a big hand”. Lee showed his A♥ J♣ and collected the pot.
All in preflop with Nicola Montalbano Q♦ J♥ and Sofia Lovgren Fullmer slightly ahead with A♠ Q♣. With the board dropping two Jacks, Montalbano doubled up to around 138k, Fullmer dropped to 75k.
Eliminations 46th – 50th
46th | Mr Willy | Indonesia |
47th | Jaemin Song | Korea |
48th | Richard Castillo | Philippines |
49th | Ji Yang | China |
50th | Richard Marquez | Philippines |
Button player Marc Rivera ended Indonesian player Mr. Willy in 46th place with A♥ J♣ top pair unable to crack K♠ K♥. From the button, Rivera raised to 12k, big blind Willy three-bet to 36k, Rivera called. On the flop 10♥ J♠ 2♦, Willy c-bet 16k, Rivera flat-called. On the turn 9♥, Willy jammed, Rivera called. With the river 2♠, Willy exited in 46th place for Php 101,900 and Rivera climbed to 645k.
Sick set over set bust at table 2 with Richard Castillo on the losing end. The hand saw Castillo and An Jae Young go at it on a flop 6♦ K♥ 10♣. Once the chips were all in, Young had 10♠ 10♦ set that dominated Castillo’s 6♥ 6♠ set. The turn 5♦ and river 4♠ completed the board. Castillo was eliminated in 48th place for Php 101,900. Young zoomed to 630k.