HomeA very big pot and a very difficult decision for Matthieu Lamagnere against Chi Jen Chu. The hand began with action folding to the cutoff Matthieu. he raised to 35k, button Chi Jen Chu called, so did the big blind Chin Chung Ho.
At the flop K♠ J♠ 4♣, Chin checked, Matthieu checked, Chu bet 45k, Chin folded, then back to Matthieu with the call. On the 7♦ turn, checked by Matthieu, Chu bet 75k, Matthieu raised to 195k, called by Chu. On the river 8♠, Matthieu checked again, Chu slid out 400k indicating a push with Matthieu at 363k behind. This sent Matthieu tanking for quite sometime. He eventually found the courage to call for his tournament life and it was a good one. Chu opened up a Q♦ 9♦ bluff. Matthieu won it with K♣ 7♣ two pair.
Matthieu zoomed to 1.316M. Chu down to 200k.
Utg Yun Sheng Sun raised to 33k, button Jack Hu called and the flop ran A♦ 10♦ 7♦. Sun led for 28k, Hu called. On the 3♠ turn and 8♦ river, no bets by either. Sun had top pair A♠ 9♥ but Hu had better, 9♣ 9♦ flush.
Down to 154k, Chan Tsun Ming risked it all with 10♣ 10♠ however two spots over was Chan Kian Bing with J♦ J♥. The board ran out with no help to Ming to send him out as the bubble. Bing up to 800k.
We are down to the final 29 players. Everyone is in the money! From here, they race to a seat to the final 8! Good luck to all!
Foo Yong Cheong has been short all day and finally put it all out front holding 10♦ 10♥. He was called by Matthieu Lamagnere with 6♥ 6♦. The board bricked for a double up to Foo. He is at 250k.
We are at 30 players with ITM at 29. Very active at the felt is Richard Marquez with two pots going his way. On the first one, he raised to 25k, bb Chan Tsun Ming called. At the flop 3♠ 4♦ 8♣, Chan checked, Marquez c-bet 16k, called. On the 5♥ turn, Chan checked again, Marquez fired 100k, Chan tanked. Chan only had 190k behind. Chan opted to fold.
Next hand, Chan Kian Bing raisedto 24k, Marquez three-bet to 60k, Bing called. On the flop 4♦ 9♥ 8♦ and 5♥ turn, both checked it. The river 6♥, Bing led for 6? 4♦, Marquez claimed the pot with A♦ 9♠.
Button Pete Yen Han Chen raised to 24k, called by Jay Tan on the small blind. At the flop 6♦ 3♣ 4♦, no bets landed. The turn 6♥ saw Tan lead out 25k, Chen called. On the river 10♣, Tan sent out 75k, and again she got the call from Chen. Tan had 3♦ 3♥ for a full house. She shipped it and climbed to 925k.
Richard Marquez raised to 26k, called by Lau King Lun Alan and bb Chan Kian Bing. At the flop 10♦ 5♣ Q♦, Chan checked, Marquez checked, Lau bet 42k, called by Chan while Marquez folded. On the 4♥turn, no bets landed. The river J♥, Chan led for 54k and Lau folded.
Tsai Han Jen raised to 25k, action folded to the small blind Jay Tan who three-bet to 80k. Tsai called and the flop landed [3c} 9♣ Q♠. Tan checked, Tsai bet 80k, called by Tan. On the 2♦ turn, Tan checked again, Tsai fired 150k, Tan shoved around 308k total, Tsai folded. Tan up to 806k.
Alex Lindop is sitting with a million chips and scooped up a bit more. Action began with En Hao Chen raising to 23k, called by Chi Jen Chu, then three-bet to 80k by Lindop. At the flop K♠ 4♣ 9♠, Chu checked, Lindop c-bet 100k, Chu folded.