HomeMak Wai Cheong raised to 7500, Pham Van Thang called, Tung Nguyen three-bet to 25k, and both Cheong and Thang joined to the flop. The board ran 10♣ 9♦ 10♥, check-check to the aggressor Tung who fired 25k. Cheong folded while Pham check-raised. This tanked Tung then opted to fold.
Raghav Bansal
Cutoff player Raghav Bansal raised preflop and found two callers, button Frederic Bolliet and bb Mike Stecker. At the flop 6♣ A♣ 8♦, Stecker checked, Bansal c-bet 13k, Bolliet called, and Stecker folded. The turn 9♥ saw another bet by Bansal and Bolliet calling the 21k. On the river Q♣, Bansal moved all in and won the pot with Bolliet folding.
Frederic Bolliet
I-Cheng Lin raised to 6500 and big blind Nick Gorman defended. At the flop 2♥ 3♣ 7♦, Gorman check-called Lin’s 6k bet. On the turn 4♥ and river 4♦, both checked back and Lin won with A♥ 2♣ over Gorman’s A♦ Q♥.
Duy Ho has been raking it in and we seem to just catch the hand at shipping. At the day’s opening level, Duy told us he made a big bluff bet on the river with K-2 bottom pair and got called by ace-high to win the pot.
He just picked up another couple of big pots here. Against Jerry Phan, he doubled up with K♦ J♦ flush over Q♦ 10♥ two pair on a board 10♦ Q♠ 3♥ 5♦ 2♦. Several hands after, he was shipping in another from the bb seat with J♦ 2♣ straight on a board of 6♠ 9♥ 3♦ 4♥ 5♠ against Nguyen Duy on the sb who didn’t show.
Steffen Endres
Orjan Skommo moved all in and a snap call by Steffen Endres. Skommo K♦ 10♠, Endres A♥ J♣. The board ran A♣ A♠ 9♥ 9♦ J♦.
132 players remaining. ITM at 83 places. Current leader update:
Nikita Luther 720K
Simon Burns 550K
Soo Jo Kim 490K
Nguyen Hanh Phong 420K
Tzai Wei Phua 400K+
Pete Yen Han Chen 400K+
Table #8 has been felting some big hands lately. Markus Garberg capitalized on one of them. On a full board of 3♦ 5♠ 6♠ J♥ J♣, Leo Mai En Wei bet 12k, Garberg all in for 49.5k, and was called. Garberg doubled up with A♣ A♠ over Q♣ Q♦.
The very next hand saw the board complete to J♥ 10♣ Q♥ 3♦ 2♦, with Terry Nguyen taking nearly all of Leo’s chips with J♣ J♦ set over 10♦ 10♥ set.
Preflop raise war led to Pete Yen Han Chen all in and Pham Bao tank-calling. When the cards were opened, it was a classic race with Chen Q♣ Q♦ and Bao with A♦ K♠. The board ran dry for a double up to Chen to 270k and Bao the big drop to 85k.
Catching the action only at the turn board 8♥ 4♠ K♥ K♦ K♠ and Eu Shen with 8♣ 8♠. Kwon out on trips against Shen’s full house. The river J♣ completed the spread and Kwon was eliminated.
