HomeBubble round is fast approaching as another player has fallen. Tu Le eliminated short stacked Rubin Labroo 10♦ 7♦ dominated by A♣ 10♣. No hits on the board for either player. Tu Le up to 365k.
Mark Remnant is on a mad rush! He entered the day with just 20 BB having doubled up through Peter Kiem at the end of Day 2. Now, he has climbed to 1.2M and is currently second in chips. Remnant’s recent pots sent the table buzzing. He won a big pot against Francis Garson with 3♣ 3♦ set over A♥ K♣ on a board K♠ 3♥ 8♦ A♦ 8♠.
After that hand, he shipped a huge one against Nguyen Quang Minh aka Royal Flush with J♦ 6♦ higher flush against 4♦ 2♦ on a board 9♦ 7♠ 4♠ 3♦ K♦. Nguyen is down to 65k.
Catching the action on a board 7♦ A♣ 10♣ 10♠ 3♣ and a 70k pot in the middle, sb Hue Dang checked, bb Norbert Koh bet 55k, Dang called, Koh mucked. Dang didn’t have to show but still did. She had X? 4♥.
Cutoff player Lim Jun Hak raised to 22k, button player Le Cong Vuong jammed, small blind Quach Chi Cong joined for all his chips, back to Hak who opted to get out of the way.
Cong A♦ K♣
Vuong Q♦ J♥
The board ran Q♣ 6♠ J♣ 4♥ 8♠ for two pair to Vuong to stay in the running. He climbed to 178k, Cong dropped to 200k.
Mark Remnant shipped another big one, this time railing Peter Kiem in the process. It was all in with Kiem Ace-Jack, big stacked Quach Chi Cong with Ace-King, and Remnant with pocket Eights. An Eight showed up on the turn for Remnant to scoop it up and rise to 740k.
After losing most of his stack to Norbert Koh in an earlier hand, Sajal Gupta was eventually all in again with A♣ Q♥, Hue Dang had K♣ K♠, the board threw blanks for Dang to ship it to rise to 800k.
Mark Remnant entered the day with 179k and now has over 520k. He railed Tan Tong and earned another sizable pot in a hand against Francis Garson. From utg+1 Remnant opened for 17k, the blinds called, sb Quach Chi Cong and bb Garson. At the flop A♥ 2♥ 9♥, Remnant c-bet 20k and only Garson check-called. On the turn A♠ same action with another 25k called. On the river 5♣, Remnant fired 50k, and this time Garson gave up his hand.
Norbert Koh and Sajal Gupta were all in on a turn board 3♣ 2♦ 3♥ Q♦. Koh had A♣ Q♥, Gupta was behind with Q♣ 10♠. The river came 4♥ for a double up to Koh to 520k. Gupta dropped to 140k.
Players are dropping fast, recent eliminations were Ashish Munot, Nguyen Doan Trung Hieu, Tran Nam Trung, and Tan Tong. Tan Tong fell to Mark Remnant with Ace-Jack that missed against Remnant’s pocket Nines. Remnant up to 300k.