HomeThe pot was 35.5k, the board J♣ 10♠ 3♦ 2♦ 4♥, Hoeld had 23k out front, Nguyen Quang Minh aka Mr Ngo jammed. Hoeld tank-folded.
Glancing over at table 3, Nguyen Duc Bien had amassed 320k. We missed the hands that got him there but he told us he knocked out two players in separate hands.
Hwang Seong Il was moved to a new table where he continued to crack some heads. In a three-way showdown one player with 10♠ 10♣, another with Q♣ Q♠, and Hwang big stacked Hwang with A♥ Q♦. The board ran clean until the river 6♦ 9♥ 9♠ 3♣ A♠. Hwang shipped it as two shipped out. Hwang nears 500k.
From mid-position, Dhaval Mudgal raised to 7k and big blind Vincent Chauve defended. At the flop 7♦ 7♥ 3♣, Chauve check-called a 6k bet. No bets on the turn K♦ and the river felted 5♦. Chauve bet 25k, Mudgal tanked then raised to 87k, Chauve quickly called. Mudgal opened A♣ J♦ air, Chauve won it with 2♦ 3♦ flush. Mudgal dropped to 195k, Chauve up to 445k.
Akshay Nasa started the day as one of the shortest stacks with only 13.1k and is now running strong with 60 bigs of around 180k. His latest scoop was against Yang Peng who opened with a 7500 raise. Nasa three-bet jammed, sending the action back to Peng who said “I open, you raise?” Then banged all his chips out front for the call.
Nasa A♣ K♠
Peng Q♣ 10♦
The board ran 8♣ A♠ 7♣ 2♥ K♣. Peng busted.
We are entering a new level. Here are the numbers and a current chip leader update:
Chips in play: 10,900,000
Average stack: 134,567
Remaining: 81 players
Wei Hsun Chen 360k
Hwang Seong Il 340k
Dhaval Mudgal 312k
Mr Ngo 300k
Kang-Feng Lien 295k
Taeho Lee 290k
Tobias Napel 290k
Choi Eng Loong 275k
James Chavanarojrit 240k
Jiang Yong Bo 235k
We missed the hand but winner Hwang Seong Il was happy to share the picture of the board. Unsure who Hwang booted but here’s the hand:
Board 10♥ 9♥ J♣ A♣ 10♠
Hwang A♠ A♥
Opponent J♦ 10♦
With a higher full house, Hwang shipped it while delivering a brutal knockout. He is up to 340k.
The two big stacks at table 5 had a go at a pot. A raised pot was built preflop and the board was 5♠ 5♣ 6♠. Sb Ashish Munot check-called bb Choi Eng Loong’s 7k bet. No bets on the 9♠ turn but on the river 10♥ Munot fired 36k, Choi folded.
Utg+2 Wei Hsun Chen raised to 5500, Meherzad Munsaf called, cutoff Zinmo Kim three-bet, called by both Chen and Munsaf. At the flop 9♦ 8♦ 5♦, action was checked to Kim, he fired 21k, Chen raised to 50k, Munsaf folded, Kim tanked. Time was eventually called and just before the last second, Kim shoved, Chen snap-called and happily showed the nuts.
Chen A♦ 10♦ nut flush
Kim A♠ J♦
With the turn 3♥ and river 8♥, Kim paid the double up and spiraled down to 53k. Chen zoomed to 275k.