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Day 2 chip leader Sam Nee went on a preflop raise war with Martin Gonzales who eventually got all his chips in the middle and was called by Nee.
Gonzales: 10♥ 10♠
Nee: 6♥ 6♦
Though Gonzales was ahead, the board ran 9♦ J♦ 5♣ J♣ 6♠ improving Nee’s hand to a fullhouse. Gonzales was eliminated and Nee escalated to around 210K chips.
Holding K♣ Q♦, we saw Connelly scoop up a pot on a board that features two ladies for trips. Connelly climbs to roughly 70,000 to stay alive in this tournament.
Linh Tran (Canada) shouted a loud “YES!” from across the room, when we arrived it was his A♣ 9♦ tabled on a board that featured 9♠ A♠ 7♣ 8♠ A♦. Apparently that ace on the river did it for him so we’re assuming his opponent had either a flush or his own lower full house.
Tran climbs to over 170,000 in chips.
On board of 5♠ Q♥ 7♠ 9♥ we saw Tsuji Yasuyuki shove the final of his stack worth around 60,000 or so. This put Azusa Maeda in the precarious position as the pot was already very healthy (roughly 70K) but calling and losing will seriously cripple the latter.
Eventually, Yasayuki had to call for time as Maeda took major time in the tank. Maeda, facing the pressure, folded his hand.
We just witnessed a sick and crazy hand between Johnny Tan and Jessie Supnet. Having a very short stack in front of him, Tan was all in against Supnet.
Tan: A♣ Q♣
Supnet: K♥ J♥
Then the scary board happened, a wild flop of 10♥ K♣ 4♥ showed up on the green giving Supnet the lead with top pair and a flush draw while Tan was behind with a gutshot draw. Then the sick turn of J♣ landed catapulting Tan to a straight and a straight flush draw possibility, overtaking Supnet’s now improved hand of two pairs and a flush draw. With the river of 7♣, Tan continued to improved to a flush and very happily doubled up his short stack.
Although Martin Gonzales lost a big portion of his chips in the previous hand, he found an opportune moment to quickly double up. The hand began with three players limping in then a shove of 54300 by Gonzales on the button seat. Everyone folded except Danny Blair and it was a showdown.
Gonzales: : A♠ K♦
Blair: 10♦ 10♣
The board was very kind to Gonzales when it ran A♣ 9♥ A♥ 3♥ 4♥. Gonzales doubled up and went back up to 115K chips.
Martin Gonzales found himself in a tough spot during a hand agains Russian player Roman Nikulin. Action began with a raise by Nikulin on the hj seat which was three-bet from the button by Gonzales to 10K. Challenging him back was Nikulin with a 4-bet to 21K, which Gonzales flat-called.
Flop: 6♠ 2♠ 8♣
Nikulin began the betting by sending out 17500, Gonzales replied with a raise to 37500, and Nikulin shoved for another 36,600 to call. This sent Gonzales tanking hard and after some time, he folded and Nikulin claimed a sizeable pot to add to his arsenal. He now has around 170K chips.
We just saw Keith Seah of Singapore call an short-stacked opponent’s shove of around 30,000 with K♥ Q♥. The opponent had the lead with 7♠ 7♣ but it’s off to the races for his tournament life.
And that life ended right on the flop Q♠ A♣ 8♠ and no resurrection on the turn 2♥ and river J♥. Seah climbs to over 200,000 after this win.