Home25.5k in the pot, board 7♠ 7♥ 8♣ 4♣ 2♦, bb Iori Yogo bet 15k, hijack he Zong Chi replied with a stack of blues that well covered Yogo’s stack, Yogo folded.
Vincent Huang
Three0-way raised pot preflop, cards landed 8♠ 9♥ 3♠. Sb Tsai Yu You Ci bet 6500, called by bb Vincent Huang and cutoff He Zong Chi. On the turn 4♣, Tsai bet 8k, Huang called, Chi shoved his large stack well covering both players. Tsai tank-folded, Huang called.
Huang 9♣ 7♥ top pair
Chi J♠ 9♠ top pair higher kicker
The river 6♥ didn’t improve Huang. He busted while Chi shipped it to rise to 350k. He is currently the chip leader.
Chu Chi Jen
With around 88k in the pot, Iori Yogo and Chu Chi Jen stared down a board 3♥ 8♥ 5♦ 3♣ 10♣. Yogo bet 50k, Chu moved all in, Yogo quickly folded. Chu up to 290k, Yogo dropped to 95k.
Kuang Hung Lee
Sb Wilson Lim shoved with 9-10, bb Kuang Hung Lee snap-called with his short stack holding A-K, the board favored Lim running 9-K-2-9-J. And just like that, we are down to one table of nine players.
Graeme Siow
Nonstop shoves led to another bust out here in the first round of the freezeout stage. Graeme Siow 4♣ 5♣ had the straight on the flop 8♠ 6♠ 7♥, Hsing Hsiung Tai with J♠ 9♠. The turn 6♥ was good for Siow but the river 10♣ was money card for Tai improving to a higher straight.
Jacky Wang
Iori Yogo raised from the button, sb Jacky Wang shoved from the small blind, snap-called by Yogo. Yogo Q♥ Q♠, Wang A♠ 5♦, board offered no help to Wang, Yogo shipped it.
Pete Chen
Pete Chen all in with A-10, Chu Chi Jen with black queens, the board was 8-9-10-9-J for a winning straight to Chu and Chen the exit.
Mark Gruendemann
Fast action at table 3 with all ins back to back. The first one crippled Mark Gruendemann. Utg Jacky Wang opened, sb Alex Lee shoved, Gruendemann shoved as well, Wang folded.
Lee A♥ K♦
Gruendemann A♦ Q♠
The board ran 6♠ 2♥ 5♣ A♣ 10♠. Lee doubled up while Gruendemann was down to 3 bbs. He shoved on the next hand and couldn’t dodge one of his three callers.
He Zong Chi
The freezeout stage began with APT Taiwan 2019 Main Event champion He Zong Chi with the chip lead with around 230k. Players that doubled up during the previous levels were Graeme Siow off Carlos Chang with 6♦ 6♥ spiking a set to survive K♥ K♦. At the other table, Mark Gruendemann doubled up with 8♦ 8♥ to Jacky Wang’s A♣ K♠ that missed. Only Lin Chen An failed to continue to the freezeout stage.