HomeCatching the action only on the river, the board was 3♣ 6♠ 8♥ 4♥ Q♦ with Edilberto Gopez betting 3000. Leonarez called him and Gopez showed his Q♦ 6♦ two pairs and won the hand as Leonarez mucked. Gopez now has around 16k and Leonarez with over 40k.
Paawan Bansal and SJ Kim faced a board of 6♠ Q♦ 6♣ 4♠ and a pot of 4k in the middle. Kim checked, Bansal bet 1600, and Kim opted to join him and called. The river landed J♦, and again Kim checked, Bansal decided to lay down a higher bet of 4500. This was enough to get Kim to fold.
Joven Huerto is already sporting a nice big stack and added a little more in this hand. In a raised pot preflop, three players saw a flop of 9♥ 3♠ 9♦. Action checked to Huerto who bet 1000, and won the hand without a challenge.
Jessie Leonarez was put in the tank by Shin in a hand that had a board showing 9♠ 9♣ 3♣. Jae Wook Shin bet 500, Leonarez raised to 1100, Shin called. At the turn of 4♥, Leonarez bet 1600, Shin raised to 4600, and after a long hard look at the board, Leonarez folded.
We are at the halfway point of late registration with four levels played. The unofficial count so far is 73 players.
Ralph Kanai five-bet his stack all in with his 13,875 chips and Regie Ann Delos Reyes said she would go ahead and donate by making the call. Kanai had A♥ K♠ and Delos Reyes had K♦ 7♦. The board landed an ace for Kanai and he continued to stay on top for a good double up.
Will Tjokro got his remaining 5000 or so chips in the middle holding A♣ K♦ and was able to double up against a player who called with ace-jack when the board ran 10♥ 2♠ Q♦ 3♥ 10♠.
All in fest at an outer table with a short stack in for 1350, the utg player all in for 9425, and Daniel Lim calling them with his larger stack. With the board running 9♥ 5♣ K♥ 10♥ 4♦, Lim busts out two players with his A♦ K♦ outflopping pocket queens and pocket jacks.
Sometimes there are hands that one just can’t get away from. On a completed board of 7♦ A♦ 5♠ Q♦ K♣, and a pot of 10k in the middle, Wong Pol Liank checked to Kenneth Khoo who went all in covering Liank. Liank called for his tournament life and was awarded a nice double up with his Q♣ Q♥ set against Khoo’s A♠[qs}.