Cutoff Hamish Crawshaw raised to 6500 and bb Kuang Hung Lee answered with a three-bet to 24.5k. Crawshaw called. On the flop 2♣ 4♠ 6♥, Lee c-bet 25k, called by Crawshaw. On the turn 9♦, Lee slowed to a check, Crawashaw put pressure with a shove. Lee tank-folded. Crawshaw up tp 184k.
It has been difficult getting a hand on Chin Wei Khong but we finally did and it was a big one. From the button, Khong opened for 6500, called by the blinds sb Sim Jian Horng and bb Collin Ho. At the flop 4♥ 3♣ 2♦, Khong c-bet 8500, Horng check-raised to 23.5k, Ho folded, Khong called. On the turn 8♣, it was all in called.
Horng 9♣ 9♥ overpair
Khong 2♠ 2♥ set
The river 3♦ failed to improve Horng to send him out while Khong shipped it and is now the chip leader with 380k.
From hijack, Chi Jen Chu raised to 6500, button Hsien Hua Chin called, the flop came 7♦ 10♥ 9♠. Chu c-bet 5k, Chin called. On the 8♠ turn no bets landed. On the river A♦, Chin bet 3k, Chu check-called. Chin won it with K♦ J♦ straight. He is up to 158k.
Action folded to the button Huang Hsu, he raised and big blind Chi Jen Chu defended. At the flop 2♠ 3♦ 4♠, it was bet over bet leading to a shove by both. Hsu 2♣ 2♦ set, Chu 6♥ 5♥ straight. The turn Q♦ and river 8♥ failed to produce the outs Hsu needed to send him out.
Kuang Hung Lee has built up to around 155k after dragging in two pots. The first one was against Ching Wei Carter. The pot was 13.6k, the board ran 4♥ 9♦ 8♣ 10♠ J♦ with no bets by either player. Lee showed pocket fives and won it.
Next pot, Hamish Crawshaw raised to 5k from hijack and was called by three players. At the flop Q♣ 7♣ 2♦, action was checked to cutoff Carter who bet 8500, only sb Lee called. On the turn 10♦, no bets. On the river 2♠, Lee led for 17.6k, Carter folded.
38k was in the pot with three players still in on a board 6♦ 6♣ 9♦ 4♥. Action was checked to button Chi Jen Chu who bet 18k, bb Hsien Hua Chin check-raised to 45k, Huang Hsu folded, Chu also gave up his hand. Chin up to 140k. Chu dropped to 148k.
Ching Wei Carter’s card rush has been stopped losing two pots consecutively. The first one was against Hamish Crawshaw. The pot built up to 45.8k, the board was J♥ 4♥ A♠ 5♠, both checked. The river K♠ cutoff Crawshaw bet 13.5k, button Carter folded.
Next hand was against the lone lady in the field Liu Chen Yi. From mid position she raised to 5k and only cutoff Carter called. At the flop 10♠ 8♠ 3♥, Liu checked, Carter bet 6k, called by Liu. On the turn 6♦ and river 10♥, no bets fired. Liu showed her A♠ J♦, Carter mucked.
Ching Wei Carter claimed a couple of more pots after his big payout earlier that sent his stack to 44k. Well, he is now at 120k. His biggest pot was against Ho CHung Yi. On a board A♠ A♣ 10♣ 6♥ 3♦, Carter bet 18k and was called. He whosed Q♦ 10♦ two pair, Yi mucked.
Immediately after paying a double up to Hamish Crawshaw, Ching Wei Carter picked up a little bit of chips. It started with a 5k raise by Vincent Huang, called by two players, then Carter shoved from the small blind. No takers.