HomeWith a pot of 7k already generated, the board of 7♠ J♥ 8♥ 9♣ saw Martin Gonzales leading out with a 3800 bet. Kunal Patni, the chip leader at the moment, raised to 15k putting Gonzales all in. After reviewing the situation, Gonzales called for his tournament life and the cards were revealed. Patni had A♠ 10♠ for a straight while Gonzales had A♥ K♥ for a flush draw. The river of 8♦ was not the out Gonzales needed and he was done for the day.
With a pot of 11k swimming in the middle and a board displaying J♠ 3♥ 6♦, Gerard Bringley and Hajime Iwakura checked to Azusa Maeda who bet exactly half the pot. Bringley called and it was heads up after Iwakura folded. At the turn of 7♣, Bringley checked again and Maeda shoved with his large stack of 45k. This sent Bringley to the tank as he was covered by Maeda. Bringley folded and Maeda won the hand. Maeda showed Bringley one card, K♦.
Czardy Rivera went all in with his short stack of 6800 and doubled up with his A♠ Q♠ when the board felted an ace.
Michael Artis was pushed all in by Chen Teck Keong after he three-bet See’s initial raise of 800 to make it 2900. Artis tanked for a while then finally decided to call and gamble his tournament life with K♠ Q♠. That would be a hard climb however because Keong had K♥ K♣. The board would offer no assistance to his plight and he exited just minutes into the new level.
Late registration has ended and players are back at their seats for the final two levels of the night. The unofficial count is 90 entries. He has Kunal Patni has the largest stack with 90k chips.
On a board of 8♠ 6♦ Q♥ 3♥ 2♦, Jamie Avila was all in after a mid position player bet 3300. He was called and just like that, he won the hand with his Q♠[qc} set. Avila is up to 52k chips.
Martin Gonzales decided to dump in all his chips on a board of K♠ 5♥ A♣ 3♦ A♦. The pot was only 3k and his shove was 8200. Yao Hui still made the call then mucked when he saw Gonzales’s A♠ 9♠ trips.
Kevin Nettles and Mike Takayama stared down at a turn board of K♥ 7♥ 4♥ 3♣ and 9k already swimming in the middle. nettles opened with a 7k bet and Takayama smooth-called. On the river of Q♣, both players stayed cool and checked. Takayama had K♣ J♦ for top pair which was good as Nettles mucked.
John Tech is on his re-entry ticket and is doing well having just chipped up to around 33k. Catching the hand on a completed board of A♣ J♠ 3♥ 8♠ 8♦, Tech bet 3200 and got the call. Tech flipped open A♦ 5♦ and won with his top pair as the called mucked.