Three-way raised pot preflop sees the cards land 9♠ 6♥ 10♣. Big blind Cao Ngoc Anh checked, Lim Chor Heng c-bet 29k, Hiroshi Nishiyama jammed his over 170k stack, Cao Ngoc folded and Lim said he was going to gamble and called.
Lim K♥ J♥
Nishiyama K♣ 10♦ top pair
The turn J♠ and river 7♦ awarded the gamble. Lim shipped it and railed Nishiyama. Lim up to 560k.
Je Hun Hong raised to 12.5k, Nguyen Trung Hieu three-bet to 32k, Soo Jo Kim four-bet shoved (105k), Je called, Nguyen folded.
Je Q♥ Q♠
Kim A♣ Q♦
The board ran 5♣ 10♦ 3♦ 6♦ J♦ for a winning flush to Kim. he doubled up to 250k.
We missed the big action at table 1 but we did see cutoff Cao Ngoc Anh ship a double up with K♦ Q♥ landing two pair on the board. He was up against button positioned Kevin Choi Yun Lam who triple barreled holding 10♥ 10♦. Cao Ngoc soared to 770k, Kevin plummeted to 60k.
Next hand, Kevin doubled up through Cao Ngoc with A-8 besting A-7 with an 8 on the board.
Mark Gruendemann shoved from cutoff with 7♣ 7♠, David Erquiaga called from the button with A♥ Q♦. The board ran 6♥ 7♥ J♦ 5♣ for a winning set to Gruendemann to double up.
David Erquiaga may have just taken over the chip lead here with 600k. He shipped all of Punnat Punsri’s chips with A-5 spiking a five on the river to defeat A-8. Punsri busted.
All in preflop, Ngo Trung Hieu with 10♦ 8♦, big blind with K♦ K♣, the board came down 10? 8? 5? 4? A? for a winning two pair to Ngo. He now sits with 340k.
End of the line for Chaesung Lim. He pushed his last 40k with 10♣ 10♦ and got called by Vamerdino with K♥ Q♦. The board ran Q♥ 9♥ Q♠ 9♠ 4♣. Magsakay up to 385k.
Kevin Choi Yun Lam is on the rise. He just picked up two big pots and is sitting with 525k. The first one saw him eliminate Pham Bao. The board was 6♦ 9♥ 7♠ K♥ 5♠. Pham bet 41k, Kevin shoved, Pham tank-called for his tournament life. Pham showed 7♣ 7♥ set but Kevin had him with A♥ 8♥ straight.
Next pot, Kevin raised to 9k and found two callers, Binh Minh and Ta Duy Quoc Chinh. At the flop 4♦ 5♦ 5♣, Kevin checked, Binh bet 16k, Chinh called. On the turn 8♥, two checks, Chinh bet 23k, called only by Kevin. On the river 9♦, Kevin led for 33k, Chinh called. Kevin opened A♦ A♠, Chinh mucked.
Sumit Sapra raised to 8500, bb Tran Huy Hoand called. The flop landed A♣ 8♥ 5♥, Tran check-called 7k. The turn 7♦ both players checked. On the river 6♣, Tran led for 20k and got the call. He showed A♦ 9♠ to win it. Sapra mucked.