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Badly needing a double-up Richard Nakila (PHI) did a UTG but waiting in the HJ was Chang Jae Lee (KOR) who did an isolation play and then revealed he was crushing Nakila’s A♣ 4♠ with his A♦ K♥.
The board went Q♥ 7♣ 2♥ 10♦ 5♣ as the up and coming Filipino pro makes a promising deep run, finishing in 13th place.
After losing a huge chunk of his stack despite dominating his opponent, Christopher Michael Soyza (MAS) and Gary Thompson (IRL) tangled anew in an AIPF situation with Soyza tabling K♠ 10♠ against the 9♥ 9♣ of Thompson.
The board went: 8♣ 6♥ 3♣ 6♣ 8♠ as Soyza, a WSOP veteran and a High-Roller specialist, walks at 14th place.
We are now at Level 20 (Blinds at 10,000/20,000 with 20,000 BB Antes).
Eugene Co (PHI) had sa dwindling chip stack when chose to shove with 6♦ 6♥ but then called by Wen Fang Po with A♥ Q♠ .
Coin-flipping for is tournament life, Co was pleased to see a Flop of 10♠ 8♦ 7♥ giving him an gutshot straight draw and he was still ahead with his pocket pair.
However, the Turn brought in the Q♦ and no help came on the River as the 5♦ came out.
Co is the first to cash in this new payout level, getting PhP257.200.00.
The Livestream of the Featured Table has been halted at the moment as the players from that table have been moved. Details of this decision will be posted here once available.
Mashchenko Mykhilo (UKR) flat called a UTG raise from Wen Fang Po (TPE) from the SB and when the Flop came: J♦ 10♣ 7♣ , suddenly all their chips went in the middle.
Mykhilo showed K♣ 10♠ good for middle pair while Wen revealed his A♥ J♥.
The Turn and River bricked out for the Ukrainian and leaves the tournament in 16h place.
We a now on a 15 minute break.
Just a couple of hands after getting smacked by Wen Fang Po (TPE), Dave “Spade” Erquiaga (PHI) put himself back into serious contention by having a double-up via his A♣ K♠ versus the A♠ Q♦ of Gary Thompson .
The board of J♣ 7♥ 6♥ 8♣ 4♥ reduces Thompson’s stack to practically where it was before hitting the stack of Christopher Michael Soyza (MAS) .
There still have been no eliminations since we got into the Final 2 tables.
Wen Fang Po (TPE) made a UTG raise ten got called by Chang Jae Lee (KOR) at the D. However, Dave “Spade” Erquiaga re-raised from the SB. Whn the action returned to Wen, he shoved a little over 20 BBs. Chang tanked and folded, while Erquiaga called.
Wen showed K♣ K♥ while Erquiaga sheepishly tabled A♦ K♠ .
The Ace Erquiaga needed didn’t show up as Wen grabs almost half of Erquiaga’s holdings in the win.
Gary Thompson (IRL) raised from the CO then got re-raised by Christopher Michael Soyza (MAS) on the D. Thompson went over the top all-in and got snap called by Soyza, who covered him.
Thompson tabled A♠ Q♥ and learned he was dominated when Soyza revealed A♣ K♠ .
The Flop, however, was magical for Thompson: K♣ J♥ (10d} — the Nut Broadway Straight. The running cards Soyza needed never arrived and the Malaysian ended up relinquishing over half his sack to the Irishman.
Down to the Final 2 tables, Duroy Gopez (PHI) has 1,980,000 in chips to pace the field while Kim Jun Hee (KOR) is currently second with 1.7M. Kunal Patni (IND) is currently third with 1.1M.
We are now at Level 19 with the Blinds up: 8,000/16,000 (16,000).
Joris Micl (NED) was down to 21 BB and decided to make a move when aggressive Kunal Patni (IND) raised UTG but was called by Eugene Co (PHI) in the CO. Micl went over the top to go all-in.
Patni tanked a bit but eventually called, forcing Co to muck his hand.
Micl showed Q♦ J♥ while Patni revealed K♥ K♠ . Co was relieved as he shared he folded Pocket 9s.
The Flop, however, gave Micl a chance: K♦ 8♦ 6♦ , despite a flopped set for Patni.
The Turn gave Micl more outs when the A♣ appeared.
However, the River was the 9♣ , eliminating Micl in 17th aperhaps saving Co a lot of chips as he would have Rivered a lower set.