Chi Jen Chu has just brought Yi Wei Peng down to earth. From cutoff, Chu raised to 10k, button Peng three-bet to 30k, Chu called. On the flop K♠ 6♣ Q♠, Chu checked, Peng bet, quick all in by Chu, called by Peng.
Chu A♥ K♥ top pair
Peng 4♠ 6♠
The turn K♦ and river J♦ secured the win for Chu. He doubled up to 339k, Peng dropped to around 278k.
The other table big stack was Hamish Crawshaw. He raised from cutoff, sb David Tai Hsing Hsiung shoved, Crawshaw called. Tai needed help with A♦ 10♦ behind Crawshaw’s A♠ J♠. The board ran 2♠ 7♦ 3♣ 9♦ to give Tai a draw but the river 4♠ wasn’t one of them. Crawshaw at around 450k.
We are down to 10 players which means the bubble round has begun.
Pete Yen Han Chen and Yi Wei Peng entered a preflop raise war that ended with both all in. Chen with A♠ K♦, Peng with 10♦ 10♥, the board ran 9♣ 3♠ Q♥ 4♣ 2♥. No hits for Chen to send him packing. Peng up to 480k.
32k in the pot, the board K♣ 8♠ 7♦ 5♥ 5♦, sb Hamish Crawshaw bet 20k, bb Ching Wei Carter folded.
Getting to the table with the pot at 55k and a board showing K♦ 5♣ Q♠ 10♣. Hamish Crawshaw checked, hijack Ori Kossonogi bet 21k, Crawshaw jammed, called by Kossonogi.
Crawshaw K♥ Q♥ top two pair
Kossonogi Q♦ 10♠ two pair
The river Q♣ gave them both a full house but Crawshaw was still way ahead. Kossonogi exited, Crawshaw zoomed to over 350k.
Catching the action only as the dealer was counting out Pete Yen Han Chen’s stack. The board was K♠ K♦ 3♦ A♣ A♦, pot at 30k, Chen had A♥ 9♠ full house, Hsien Hua Chin with Q♠ J♥. Chen up to 168k, Chin dropped to 120k.
Kuang Hung Lee will not be gracing the final table this time. He was just booted out by Vincent Huang. The hand opened with utg Liu Chen Yi limping in, button Lee shoved, sb Huang joined the shove, everyone else folded.
Huang A♣ K♦
Lee A♦ Q♠
The board ran J♣ 6♣ 2♦ 10♦ 9♥. Lee out, Huang up to 185k.
On a raised pot preflop, two players stared down a flop J♣ 8♠ 9♣. Big blind Vincent Huang chec-called an 8k bet by utg Ho Chung Yi. On the turn K♠, another 14k check-called by Huang. On the river 6♥, both checked, Yi showed J♦ J♥ set for the pot. Huang down to 100k, Yi up to 160k.
Collin Ho tried to steal the pot but fell out of the running instead. The hand opened with a 6k raise by Yi Wei Peng, called by two players, then sb Ho shoved his 55.5k stack. Only Peng called.
Ho 9♦ 8♦
Peng A♥ J♥
The board ran 6♥ K♦ 8♥ Q♠ A♦. Peng up to 280k. We are down to 14 players.