From hijack, En Ching Wu raised to 27k, called by Chen An Lin on the big blind. At the flop K♠ K♦ 10♥, Wu c-bet and Li check-called. On the turn 7♦, same action with Wu laying out a 43k bet called by Lin. On the river 8♦ both checked. Lin showed A♥ 9♣, Wu won with 6♥ 6♠. Wu up to 690k, Lin down 358k.
On a raised pot preflop, the board ran 5♣ A♠ Q♦, bb Huang Yi Qing check-called a 17k bet by button Yi Wei Peng. On the turn 2♦ both checked and the river landed 8♦. Qing led for 30k, Peng folded. Peng down to 1M, Qing up to 1.168M.
Huang Yi Qing has taken over the chip lead after shipping a big pot against Jinho Hong. The hand saw a 90k built by the turn board 10♣ A♦ 3♥ Q♣. sb Hong checked, bb Qing bet 55k, Hong raised to 190k, Qing called. On the river J♣, Hong bet 120k, Qing shoved with a stack that covered Hong. Hong folded.
Hong down to 314k, Qing over 1.095m.
Big stacks Yi Wei Peng and Jinho Hong have met twice and both times Peng won the duel. The first one from hijack Peng raised to 22k, cutoff Hong three-bet 50k, Peng four-bet to 150k, Hong folded.
On the second bout, on a board 2♠ A♠ 4♣ 9♥ and a big pot brewed in the middle, Peng checked, Hong bet 60k, Peng called. When the river came 5♠, Peng led for 353k, Hong folded and went down to 670k. Peng nearing 1m.
Hijack Craig Edwards and cutoff Seongsu Kong aced off after building a raised pot preflop. On the flop 7♠ 5♣ 6♥, Edwards bet 50k. Kong raised to 111k, Edwards shoved, Kong snap called.
Edwards K♣ K♦ overpair
Kong 7♦ 7♥ set
The turn 8♠ and river 2♦ didn’t improve Edwards to pay the double up and drop to 75k. Kong up to 620k.
Big blind Sheng Chien Cheng three-bet all in and initial raiser button JC Sayo called. Cheng J♦ 9♥, Sayo A♦ 8♦, the board fell 5♦ 2♦ 9♦ K♥ K♠ for a winning flush to Sayo.
We are down to 16 players. It’s bubble time!
Eric Tsai entered the day running second rank but couldn’t hold it and fell before the money. He was all in with K♣ J♥, En Ching Wu challenged with 7♠ 7♥, the board bricked. Wu shipped it. We are down to 17 players. Money at 15 places.
On a flop 9♦ 8♥ 9♣, Hung Tu Wang check-raised all in and Tommy Goh called. Wang had 8♦ 8♣ full house, Goh with A♥ K♠. The turn and river came 2♥ 10♥. Wang up to 490k.
No luck for Kwok Chun Kong with his pair of ducks running into Chen An Lin’s pocket aces. Lin rose to 420k. We are down to two tables with 18 players remaining.