Frederic Bolliet was all in with 10♦ 10♠ and doubled up through a player who missed with A♥ K♠ on a board of 10♣ 6♦ 4♥ 5♥ J♣.
Prachaya Hengsakul raised to 12.5k and found one customer in Eugene Co from the small blind. At the flop 3♠ 2♦ Q♣, both players checked. On the 3♣ turn, Co checked, Prachaya bet 30k, and Co called. On the X?, action was the same with Co check-calling a 70k bet. Prachaya won with A♦ Q♠ top two pair. Co mucked.
Checking on the chip leader Vivek Rughani, we caught him winning one. Action kicked off with Nguyen Nam Duong raising to 13.5k, called by the leader. At the flop 5♦ 10♣ 6♦, Duong led for 22k and Rughani called. On the 9♦ turn, Duong checked, Rughani slid out 35k, and Duong called. On the A♠ river, Rughani continued and bet 85k. Duong tanked, the clock was called, and on the last few seconds, he called. Rughani won with K♦ 10♦ flush.
Kiell Oe Dyb and Long went on a preflop raise war that saw Dyb finally putting it all in the middle and Long with the call.
Long Q♣ Q♠
Dyb A♠ K♦
When the flop ran K♠ 7♦ 8♥, Dyb quickly overtook Long, and with the turn 6♦ and river 10♥, Dyb doubled up to 400k.
According to one of the players at the table, Kajornnut and Nguyen Hoang Bach have engaged in a couple of pots prior to this one with big bets taking place. This hand was no different. Preflop raise was led to a flop J♦ 4♣ 10♠. Kajornnut shoved his 83.5k stack sending Bach tanking. The clock was eventually called and on the last second, he called.
Kajornnut J♣ J♠ set
Bach A♦ K♠ gut shot
The turn 6♦ and river K♦ were blanks for Bach and Kajornnut doubled up to nearly 300k.
Steffen Endres raised to 8500 and found two callers, one of them bb Zarvan Tumboli. At the flop 10♣ 8♦ 9♠, everyone checked. On the 9♦ turn, Tumboli led out 16k, Endres folded, and the other player called. On the 10♥ river, both checked and Tumboli won the pot with 7♥ 6♥ straight.
Vivek Rughani just shipped in the biggest pot of the day so far. Prior to the hand, Rughani had two pocket aces that won him some good pots. However, it was his pocket kings that saw him ship in a monster.
Action opened with Nguyen Hanh Phong raising, three-bet by Rughani, four-bet by Soo Jo Kim, fold by Phong, all in by Rughani, and a snap-call by Kim.
Rughani K♣ K♠
Kim A♣ A♠
The board felted a king on the window and the rest were blanks for a crushing set to Rughani. In the process, big stacked Kim was eliminated. Rughani has well over 900k.
Danny Tang was moved to table 8 where we’ve seen lots of big hands tabled. He quickly doubled up through Anh Nguyen with his pocket threes turning a full house. He now has around 300k.
Piyachot Jiamlertviwat shoved with Q♦ Q♣ and Eu Shen called with A♦ K♦. The board ran 8♣ J♣ Q♥ 4♦ 4♠ to improve Piyachot to a full house and score a double.