HomeAction folded to the small blind Hamish Crawshaw who raised to 8k, big blind Ching Wei Carter called. At the flop 8♦ 7♣ 4♣, Crawshaw checked, Carter bet, Crawshaw quickly moved all in, and a fast call by Carter.
Crawshaw Q♥ 8♥ top pair
Carter Q♣ 6♣ draw
The turn K♠ and river A♦ failed to improve Carter for a double up to Crawshaw to 106k. Carter down to 42k.
Chips in play: 2,050,000
Average stack: 113,889
Remaining players: 18
Tables: 2
*Estimated chip counts
Table 3
Collin Ho 46k
Huang Hsu 116k
David Tai Hsing Hsiung 96k
Siyu Sha 30k
Chi Jen Chu 200k
Yi Wei Peng 91k
Hsien Hua Chin 70k
Sim Jian Horng 210k (chip leader)
Table 4
Hamish Crawshaw 95k
Ching Wei Carter 75k
Ori Kossonogi 110k
Kuang Hung Lee 110k
Vincent Huang 180k
Chich I-Fang 60k
Pete Chen 140k
Ho Chung Yi 135k
Liu Chen Yi 70k
Utg player raised to 4500, sb Yi Wei Peng called, bb Chen Kuan Han three-bet jammed, initial raiser folded, Peng called.
Han K♣ 10♠
Peng A♠ Q♠
The board ran Q♦ A♦ 9♦ 6♥ 3♥ to send Han packing. We are down to 18 players, final two tables.
Cutoff Vincent Huang raised to 5k, sb Chi Jen Chu called. At the flop and turn 6♠ J♠ 4♣, no bets. On the river 5♦, Chu checked, Huang bet 5k, Chu raised to 25k, Huang called. Chu opened 5♣ 5♠ set.
Day 1A chip leader Kuang Hung Lee hasn’t been seen in much action however he has kept his stack well above average. One hand we caught was against bigger stacked Sim Jian Horng. Lee opened from mid position to 4500, button Horng three-bet to 21.5k, Lee called. Horng c-bet 12k the flop J♠ Q♦ 8♣, Lee check-called. No bets on the turn K♣. The river Q♥, Horng bet 55k, Lee check-folded. Lee down to 100k, Horng up to 170k.
Button Hamish Crawshaw raised to 4k, sb Yi Wei Peng three-bet shoved (47.5k), Crawshaw called.
Peng A♠ 5♠
Crawshaw 7♥ 7♠
The board ran J♣ 6♣ K♠ 5♣ A♥ for two pair to Peng. He is up to 99k, Crawshaw dropped to 101k.
Pair over pair, sb Ori Kossonogi with pocket aces, bb Vincent Huang with pocket tens, the board stayed clean for a double up to Kossonogi to 94k. Huang dropped to 170k.
Hamish Crawshaw is well over six digits now. Having struggled with short stack, landing a double up with pocket tens off Yi Wei Peng, then one round later, a three-way pot claimed.
The hand opened with Jian Jun Long raising from utg, called by hijack Lu Chao Yu and sb Crawshaw. With the pot now at 14.9k, the flop ran 6♥ 5♥ 10♣, Crawshaw all in, Jian and Yu both joined.
Crawshaw 6♠ 5♠ two pair
Jian Q♣ Q♠ overpair
Yu 8♥ 7♣ draw
The turn 4♦ gave Yu the straight he needed to overtake however with the river 5♦, Crawshaw’s two pair improved to a full house. Jian busted, Yu down to 30k, Crawshaw zoomed 120k. A few hands after, Crawshaw railed Yu with 8♥ 7♣ on a board 8♦ 7♦ J♣ K♣ 4♣. Crawshaw up to 165k.
Vincent Huang started the day as the shortest stack from the starting day survivors. The two-time series champion proceeded to rake in chips to climb to over 100k. Just moments ago, he shipped all of Fan Jhih Wei’s stack to climb to 225k. The hand opened with Wei raising to 3500 from cutoff, sb Huang three-bet to 13.4k, Wei shoved, quick-call by Huang.
Wei A♥ 5♥
Huang Q♥ Q♠
The board ran 10♦ 3♦ 6♣ Q♦ A♦ for a winning set to Huang. After the count, Huang hand 116.2k, Wei just slightly under. Wei eliminated.