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Utg Tan Nguyen opened to 6k, action folded around to the blinds and both called. At the flop 3♠ 10♦ 8♥, blinds checked, Nguyen c-bet 7k, blinds called. On the turn 5♦, no bets landed. The river 2♣ sb Choi Eng Loong bet 27k, bb David Luong called, utg Nguyen folded. Choi had K♣ 10♥, Luong mucked. Choi up to 167k.
Catching the action on the flop 3♥ K♥ 6♣ and 45.5k in the pot, Lok Gino was all in with A♥ 4♥, called by Ruth Graham with A♣ K♠. The turn 9♥ granted the nut flush and Graham was drawing dead. Gino climbed to 155.5k, Graham down to 53k.
The Main Event champion is no longer in the running for a back to back series major title. Akshay Nasa took a dive out in two hands. The first one was against Jerome Bradpiece. Nasa retold the action.
From utg he raised with 10♠ 9♠ and got called by sb Bradpiece and bb Joakim Andersson. On the flop K-4-2 rainbow, he c-bet a third of the pot and only Bradpiece check-called. On the queen turn, he bet nearly 90% of the pot and was check-called again. The ace river same action with Bradpiece check-calling. Bradpiece won it with K-Q two pair. Bradpiece zoomed to 340k.
Chunked down in chips, Nasa limped, Soo Jo Kim raised to 15k, Nasa jammed, called by Kim. Nasa A-10, Kim A-9, a nine showed up on the flop for a pair to Kim. It held and Nasa busted.
Blinds up. 7 tables running. 57 remain. Average 157k. Shot clock once we break a table.
Big stacks estimated counts
Kensuke Koizumi 540k
Vincent Chauve 360k
Dao Minh Phu 353k
Vu Hoai Lam 345k
Dhaval Mudgal 290k
Piet Pape 276k
Hieu Ngo 260k
Tan Nguyen 250k
Sahil Chutani 200k
Fu Bang Huang 250k
Madhav Gupta 210k
Hsing Hsiung Tai 200k
River action on a board 4♥ 9♥ J♦ 10♦ A♣ and a 62.5k pot brewed, David Erquiaga shoved (75k) sending Ashish Munot tanking. Munot eventually folded while showing 10♣ 10♠ set. Erquiaga up to 137.5k.
Tan Nguyen is now one of the biggest stacks out there. One of his winning hands was against Ngo Van Hien who raised preflop then called Nguyen’s 15.5k three-bet. At the flop K♠ 7♣ 2♦, Ngo bet 13.5k, Nguyen check-called. On the turn 9♥ and river 8♥, no bets came. Nguyen won it with K♦[qs} top pair, Ngo mucked. Nguyen at 360k.
Three way showdown at table 3…
Hsing Hsiung Tai A♥ A♠
Derek Wang 8♠ 8♥
Nguyen Binh Minh 10♣ 10♥
The board ran Q♦ J♥ 4♥ A♦ J♦. Wang was the shortest, Nguyen had the same stack as Tai. They both busted. Tai grew to 220k.
Terry Nguyen entered Day 2 running second in chips but now he is out of the running. His final hand was a shove with pocket kings, Vincent Li followed with pocket fives, a five showed up on the river.
On a board J♠ 6♣ 10♥ 4♣ 7♣ and a pot of 60k already weighing down the middle, Dhaval Mudgal bet 30k half pot, Hieu Ngo tanked while asking “you bluffing me?” Hieu found the guts to call and it was a good one. Mudgal was bluffing with A♣ 8♦ air, Hieu won it with J♦ 7♦. Mudgal dropped to 252k, Hieu up to 400k.