From utg+1, Juyuk Park raised to 45k, called by bb Xixiang Luo. At the flop 8♦ A♣ 5♥ both checked. On the turn 3♥ no bets again, and the river 5♦ felted. Luo bet 64k, Park raised to 150k, Luo called. Park showed A♦ 5♦ and won the pot.
A very big pot was just shipped by the commanding chip leader Alex Lee. It opened with another big stack, utg+1 Cao Ngoc Anh raising to 42k, hijack Lee three-bet to 120k, called by Anh. On the flop, 2♣ 6♠ 7♦, Anh checked, Lee fired 87k, called by Anh. On the turn K♦, check by Anh, 198k bet by Lee, Anh raised to 450, called by Lee. On the river 10♣, Anh checked, Lee fired 850k, Anh tanked using his remaining two time banks then folded.
Anh dropped to 1.4M, Lee shipped it to climb to 2.6M.
Three-way all in fest! Yongseok Choi A♠ J♥, Seungmook Jung K♦ K♣, and John Costiniano A♣ Q♠. The board 3c} 7♣ J♠ 8♠ 10♠. Choi eliminated in 15th place for PHP 277,000. Costiniano paid the double up to Jung. Costiniano down to 212k, Jung soared to 1.125M.
On a flop 8♣ 10♥ 6♣, Jinho Hong checked then called Graeme Siow’s shove of 155k. Siow 10♦ 9♣, Hong J♠ 9♥, the turn 3♥ and river A♥ completed the board for a double up to Siow to 455k. Hong dropped to 1.1M.
Catching the action on a turn board 4♣ J♦ K♦ 10♣ and 330k in the middle, John Costiniano bet 115k and Cao Ngoc Anh called. On the river A♣, both players checked, Costiniano showed A♦ 3♦ but Anh had better with J♣ 10♦ to take the pot. Costiniano down to 700k, Anh up to 1.9M.
Immediately after losing a big pot to Gyeong Byeong Lee, Jeonggyu Cho raised to 40k from utg, hijack Alex Lee three-bet to 120k, called by Cho. At the flop 4♣ A♦ 7♥, Cho shoved, Lee folded. Cho up to 525k.
An unfortunate turn of events for Jeonggyu Cho having to double up Gyeong Byeong Lee in a sick runner-runner straight. The hand kicked off with Lee raising to 50k, called by four players. At the flop X? 2♠ 8♥, two checks then Lee shoved (375k), snap-called by Cho, everyone else folded.
Cho 2♣ 2♦ set
Lee A♠ K♠ flush draw
The turn and river 10♦ Q♦ improved Lee to a straight to double up to 980k, Cho dropped to 440k.
Jinho Hong raised to 34k, Han Fei all in for his remaining 82k, easy call for Hong with a mountain of chips in front of him. Hong A♥ 9♣, Fei A♠ J♦, the board ran 4♦ 9♥ K♣ 8♠ 6♣. With a pair to Hong, Fei fell in 16th place for PHP 230,800.
In two hands, Seungmook Jung went up then down to 480k. The first hand he raised from mid position to 35k, called by bb Jeonggyu Cho. At the flop 2♥ 8♥ 7♠, both checked. On the turn J♦, Cho check-called 57k. On the river A♠, check by Cho, Jung bet 119k, called by Cho. Jung showed A♣ J♣ for top two pair to take it. He rose to 770k, Cho dropped to 900k.
Next hand, action folded to the sb chip leader Alex Lee. Lee raised to 48k, bb Jung called. On the flo p 8♣ 10♠ 6♣, Lee c-bet 65k, called by Jung. On the turn 2♣, both checked and the river came K♠. Lee bet 137k, Jung tank-called using two time banks. Lee showed Q♦ Q♥, Jung mucked. Lee up to 21.M, Jung down to 480k.