Action opened with a raise to 24k by Dong Van Tan, Ankit Wadhawan three-bet to 75k, from the big blind, chip leader Zarvan Tumboli four-bet to 180k, back to Tan who jammed his 379k stack. Wadhawan opted to fold, Tumboli tanked then called.
Tan A♦ K♣
Tumboli J♠ J♦
The board ran Q♠ K♦ 8♠ 8♦ 2♣ and with a king on the board it was a double up for Tan to 935k. Tumboli dropped to 1.3M.
From the button, Alok Birewar raised to 24k, small blind Akshay Nasa three-bet to 110k. Birewar called and the flop ran 3♣ 2♠ 9♦. Nasa c-bet 60k, Birewar called. On the turn 9♣, Nasa banged out 110k, and Birewar folded. Nasa rises to 700k, Birewar dropped to 560k.
All in on a turn board Q♥ A♥ 8♣ 4♥ and 55k pot, Slade Fisher bets 24k, Norbert Koh shoves, Fisher calls and is at risk.
Fisher K♥ 8♥ flush
Koh Q♣ 4♣ two pair
The river 8♣ was no help to Koh for a double up to Fisher to 400k. Koh dropped to 360k.
On the next hand, both faced off again. This time Koh won it with K♦ K♥ on a board of J♠ J♦ 7♥ 4♥ 8♥. He picked up the 150k pot to climb back up to 550k, Fisher dropped to 375k.
Minh Nguyen raised to 25k, Kim Yung Tae defended. On the flop 2♦ 6♦ J♦, Nguyen c-bet 20k and won it.
From cutoff, Alok Birewar raised to 28k, button Akshay Nasa and sb Tu Le called. At the flop J♠ A♦ 8♥, action was checked to Nasa who bet 22k and took it down.
On a board 3♥ 10♥ 3♠ 10♦ 2♥, Kevin Lim bet 60k, Mark Remnant folded, Lim happily collected the pile while saying “first time I won against you, my first time”.
On a board 7♠ 7♥ K♥ Q♥ A♥, Kim Yung Tae bet 100k onto a 98k pot, Zarvan Tumboli tanked then folded. Kim showed 7♣ 7♦ quads. Zarvan said “I would have called for 60k for my 10 flush.”
Still on the bubble with 30 players seated. The leaders are Zarvan Tumboli and Mark Remnant both with over 1.6M. Hue Dang is up there as well with 920k and Ankit Wadhawan with 875k. To round out the top 5 is Shardul Parthasarathi with 820k.
Intense action during the bubble round as players tighten up and big stacks take advantage. At table 18, big stacked Mark Remnant raised to 25k, Kevin Lim three-bet to 62k, sb Le Cong Vuong tanked using three time banks before folding. Remnant called. On the flop 7♥ Q♥ Q♠, Remnant bet 95k, Lim quickly folded. Lim was heard saying he missed the board.
Battle of the blinds, Francis Garson got it all in with K♣ 7♦, big blind Chien Than called with 9♣ 9♠ to put the Frenchman at risk. The board ran 6♠ K♠ 8♥ A♥ 10♥ for a double up to Garson to 216k.
It is down to the final 30 players here which means we are at the bubble stage! Amazing fold just went down at table 19. Action saw everyone fold to the button Hue Dang who sits with a massive 900k stack. She raised to 23k, sb Norbert Koh and bb Andre Mabille called. At the flop 4♠ 8♠ 7♣, Koh checked, Mabille bet 30k, Dang raised to 90k, Koh folded, Mabille tanked. After a minute or so of tanking, Mabille looked like he wanted to raise but opted fold while showing J♠ J♣ overpair. Dang returned the gesture and showed her A♦ A♠. Wow! What a fold by Mabille!
Can’t beat a man on a rush! Mark Remnant has been tearing up the felt and shipped another pot that sent one crashing. Falling hard was Nguyen Quang Minh aka Royal Flush who three-bet shoved with A♦ K♦ and was challenged by initial raiser Remnant with A♠ Q♣. The board ran clean 8♦ 3♥ 8♥ J♠ but when the river slapped down a Q♠ it was a pair to Remnant and the end for Nguyen. Remnant now over 1.4M.