HomeChoi Eng Loong continued to make waves at the table but this time it was against the tide. His large stack has now been brought down to average of after doubling up two players, Jaesh Balachandran and Madhav Gupta.
Against Balachandran, it was pocket jacks held against pocket jacks. Balachandran boosted to 369k.
Against Gupta, Loong raised 15k from the button, Gupta three-bet to 62k from the big blind. At the flop A♥ 2♠ 10♥, Gupta shoved and Loong called. Gupta with A♦ Q♦, Loong A♠ J♥, the turn 7♥ and river Q♣ secured the win for Gupta to bring him up to 455k. Loong down to 261k.