Gao Wen Ling was already sporting a big stack when she shipped another pot to grow to around 480k from our estimate. Catching the action on a flop K♠ 10♠ 9♥ and a pot of 52k already brewed, Song Byung Hwa bet 32k, Gao raised to 150k, and after tanking, Song called for his tournament life.
Gao 10♣ 10♦ set
Song A♠ Q♦ gut shot draw
The turn 7♦ and river 8♦ were no help to Song to send him out.
Chou Chien Fa initiated the betting with a 9k raise, called by Jack Hu and bb player Chen Kuan Yu. At the flop J♥ 8♦ 9♦, they all checked and the turn landed 2♦. Yu led for 13k, Chou raised to 30k, Hu folded, and Yu called. On the river 3♠, no bets landed and Yu won with K♣ 9♣ pair. Chou mucked.
Tomoharu Furuya raised to 10k and found three callers on the way to the flop 8♥ K♣ 10♣. Bb players Chou Cheh Hsiang led for 52k. He intended to go all in but didn’t realize he still had the one red chip worth 5th and wasn’t allowed to string bet. Action moved to Furuya, he raised to 127k, two players folded, and back to Chou. At this time, Furuya showed his 10♠ 10♥ thinking Chou was all in. Chou got a look at the Furuya’s set and opted to fold giving the table a bit of a chuckle. Furuya won the pot. Chou busted on the next hand.
Jay Tan entered back to back pots. The first one saw her raise on button to 8k, sb Jiwoon Kim three-bet shoved around 141k, bb folded sending the action back to her. She opted to fold. The next hand, utg Chang Hau Huang raised to 9k, Tan three-bet to 22k, Chang folded.
Marc Rivera and Phua Tzai Wei got involved in a pot that sent the former rising to the chip leader’s seat. The hand began with a raise by cutoff Phua to 10k, button Rivera three-bet to 23k, Phua four-bet to 55k, called by Rivera. On the flop A♠ 5♥ 4♠ and turn 8♥, both checked. The river 2♠ saw Phua lead out 40k, Rivera raised to 120k, Phua tank-called. Rivera showed A♣ Q♣ and Phua mucked. Rivera up to 645k.
On a raised pot preflop, the cards spread Q♣ J♠ 6♦. Justin Chan checked, Chi Jen Chu bet 13k, Chan called. On the 10♠ turn, same action with Chan check-calling 18k. On the river Q♥, Chan led for 28k, Chu called. Chan showed A♥ A♣ and won the pot with Chu showing K♥ K♠.
Chan Tsun Ming raised, called by David Battersby, Raymond Wong jammed from the big blind, Chan called and Battersby folded. Wong K♠ Q♠, Chan J♥ 10♣. The board ran 10♦ 5♥ A♠ 6♣ 5♣. Wong eliminated.
Getting a look at some of the biggest stacks out there…. here are some estimated counts:
Hung Cheng Lin 330k
Yu Sheng Lin 282k
Justin Chan 340k
En Hao Chan 330k
Phua Tzai Wei 430k
Marc Rivera 400k
Jack Hu 340k
Ben Lai 430k
Chan Kian Bing 385k
There are 85 players remaining.
Total chips in play: 14,400,000
Average stack: 169,411
The day’s entering chip leader Mark Reyes didn’t have as great of a day as he did at Day 1A. He watched his chips drop and eventually fell on the wayside on a flip against Roger Spets. Action began with utg+1 Reyes limping in, Yun Sheng Sun raised to 6500, bb Spets called, Reyes shoved, Sun folded, Spets called with more chips. Reyes wit Q-Q, Spets A-K, the board dropped a king on the flop and that ended Reyes’s day.