HomeBig pot between two large stacks. On a flop 9♦ 9♠ 7♦, utg+2 Jinho Hong bet 30k, Chia Yun Wu folded, Lim Chee Seng called. On the turn 4♥, Hong checked, Lim fired 58k, Hong called. On the river Q♠, check again by Hong, Lim slid out 90k, Hong tank-called. Lim showed 5♥ 5♦, Hong won it with A♠ 7♠. Lim down to 290k, Hong up to 590k.
Andre Lettau won back-to-back pots. The first one was against Chow Cliff who raised to 9k, called by three players. On the flop 2♥ J♥ 4♥, it was checked all the way to Lettau, he bet 17k. Only Cliff called. On the turn 6♣, Cliff checked, Lettau bet 50k, Cliff folded.
The next hand, we missed the full action. Lettau initiated the betting all the way to the end and showed K-Q two pair. Yi Wei Peng paid the river bet. Lettau up to 320k.
David Tai’s stack was once quite large but along the way it dropped below average. He was able to bring it up to around 140k here. Action began with Craig Edwards min-raising to 8k, three players called.
On the flop Q♣ 9♠ 6♦, it was checked to the button Tai, he bet 20k, only Eric Tsai called. On the turn 2♠, Tsai checked, Tai all in, Tsai folded. Tai scooped it.
Insane cooler at table 6 with three players dealt premium hands.
Cheng How Pan raised to 9k
Natalie Teh three-bet to 18k
Chip leader Yi Wei Peng four-bet to 45k
Cheng shoved (38k total)
Teh five-bet to 102k
Peng all in
Teh called for her tournament life
Cheng A♥ A♣
Teh Q♠ Q♥
Peng K♥ K♣
The board ran 5♥ J♥ 10♦ 8♦ K♠ for a winning set to Peng. He denied Cheng a triple up. Both Teh and Cheng busted. Peng zoomed to 900k.
Yi Wei Peng 570k
Jin Hyo Yoo 355k
Jinho Hong 325k
Ryuta Endo 315k
Sheng Chien Cheng 310k
JC Sayo 280k
Chow Cliff 246k
Chia Yun Wu 242k
37 remaining
Average stack 194,595
Chien Fa Chou earned himself a well deserved double up in a hand against big stacked Tommy Goh. From hijack, Chien raised to 7k, bb Goh called. The flop landed 8♠ 7♠ 6♣, Chien c-bet 8k, Goh check-called. On the turn J♠, Goh led for 15k, Chien called. When the river fell A♦, Goh bet 82k, Chien had only 64k behind and tanked using three time-banks. Chien found the guts to call and showed 10♦ 10♠, Goh had Q♠ 10♣ bluff, Chien doubled up to 185k. Goh down to 130k.
Rough battle for Koji Takagi today with his stack swinging up and up and down and out. He first delivered a bad beat to Chan Tsun Ming early on, plummeted after his queens were cracked by Yi Wei Peng’s set of eights, tripled up to get back in shape, then just now, paid a double up to Natalie Teh. Immediately after, En Ching Wu sent him packing.
On the hand against Teh, we caught it only as it was being paid out. Teh had 3♦ 3♠ set to Takagi’s A♠ K♦ trips on a board A♣ 3♥ 2♥ 9♥ A♦ Teh up to 255k. Next hand, Takagi pushed with suited A-7, got called by Wu with A-Q offsuit, the board ran clean.
A second meeting between Simba and Shojiro Izutsu ended in a bust out. On a flop 9♣ 2♥ J♠ and 70k in the pot, two players checked to Simba who bet 18k. Izutsu called, other player folded. On the turn 5♣, Izutsu all in, Simba called.
Izutsu 9♥ 8♥
Simba Q♦ Q♥
The river 6♦ completed the board. izutsu out, Simba up to 250k.
Hijack David Erquiaga raised to 7k, cutoff Chen An Lin three-bet to 22.5k, Erquiaga called. At the flop 2♠ 9♣ 2♥, both checked and the turn came A♣. Erquiaga checked, Lin fired 17k, Erquiaga raised to 40k, called by Lin. The river 5♠, Erquiaga switched up and bet 45k, Lin called, Erquiaga opened A♦ K♣. Lin mucked. Erquiaga up to 278k, Lin dropped to 220k.