HomeYoichi Fujiya sent all his chips to the center and was called by Naruyasu Ota. Fujiya had A♦ K♥ and Ota had A♥[qs}. The board was unkind to Fujiya as it ran Q♥ 5♠ 3♣ 9♥ 3♥ giving Ota a pair with his lower kicker card. Fujiya was eliminated.
Having just lost his stack to Jessie Leonarez, Anthony hope was all in with his remainig 2400 chips while three other palyers engaged in a side pot. The board ran 7♦ 6♥ 5♣ with everyone checking to Paawan Bansal who bet 7400. That was good enough to claim the 3300 side pot. For the main pot, they first revealed their hole cards and Hope had A♦ 4♦ for an open ended straight draw and Bansal had 9♠ 9♥. The turn banged a 3♠ giving Hope the hope he needed, and with the river of 2♣, he quadrupled up to 11.4k.
Jessie Leonarez lost a couple of hands in a row then found himself getting all his 17k chips in the middle. Action folded around the table to Anthony Hope who also moved all in for 19,600. Leonarez had A♥ J♥ and Hope had A♣ 8♥. The board ran Q♥ J♣ 4♣ 3♥ 2♠ and with that, Leonarez earned a double up while Hope fell to 2600 chips.
Action between two top filipino pros kicked off with John Tech raising to 3500 on the button and Andrew Gaw calling on the small blind. At the flop of J♣ 3♥ 7♣, Gaw checked to Tech who bet 3k. Gaw called. At the turn of 2♠, Gaw stayed on course and checked. Tech continued and bet 4500. Gaw called. On the river of 2♦, Gaw changed gears and bet 5k, Tech answered with an 18k raise, and Gaw called. Gaw won the hand with his A♣ J♥ against Tech’s 7♠ 5♥. Gaw is the current leader with nearly 300k chips.
Ben Martin pushed all in with 25.5k chips and got a call the player next to act, Kota Nakano. Martin had A♦ 7♠ and Nakano had A♦ K♦. The board ran 10♥ 3♣ 9♥ 7♣ Q♥ and with Martin landing a pair, he doubled up.
Il Kwon Kim moved all in with his remaining 20k chips and Sim Jae Kyung called. Kim had pocket two and Simba had pocket sevens. The board bricked and Simba eliminated Kim.
Soo Jo Kim gave the table some oohs and aaahs in this hand. He raised to 2500 preflop only to be faced with a re-raise to 6300. Kim called and the dealer spread the flop 2♣ A♥ 9♦. Both players checked. At the turn of 9♥, checked by both again. Then on the river of 8♣, Kim decided to change it up and bet 8900. Marzan called and Kim revealed his 9♣ 9♠ quads.
Wong Pol Liank raised from the utg seat and Iori Yogo defended his big blind with a call. At the flop of 8♣ 9♠ 4♥, Liank bet 4k and Yogo check-called. The turn of K♣ saw Yogo checking again with Liank betting higher, 8k total. This was enough to win the pot.
Gerald Casey looked down at a flop of 4♥ A♣[5s} and decided to bet 4k. Kelvin Yeo pumped it higher with a shove to 26.5k. Casey called and at the showdown, Yeo had A♥ 8♣ top pair and Casey with 4♣ 2♠ for a gut shot draw. The turn gave Casey exactly what he wanted, 3♠ for a straight, and with the river of J♦, Yeo was out and Casey rose to 140k chips.