HomeHwang Seong il – 225,000
Harry Duong – 218,000
Conor O’Driscoll – 196,000
Makana Silva – 210,000
Guan Tian Liang – 230,000
Hisashi Ogi – 215,000
Lee Boon Han – 225,000
Manoj Pentakota – 240,000
Thanh Nguyen – 235,000
SJ Kim
Two champions sitting side by side, Linh Tran and SJ Kim found themselves head-to-head. Tran opened to 4k, Kim three-bet to 11.4k, Tran four-bet to 24k, Kim shoved (100k) and Tran called (85k).
Tran Q♠ Q♥
Kim K♦ K♥
The board ran 3♣ 2♦ 6♦ A♣ 5♦. Tran railed, Kim charged to 190k.
Plenty of callers preflop with Long Lam raising to 3500 and four players joining him to the flop J♠ 6♠ 4♦. Everyone checked to the button Le Long Stephane, he bet 4500. Only Nam Phan called. The turn 6♦, Phan check-called 7500. On the 3♥ river, Nam Phan check-called 12.5k. Stephane opened 6♣ 9♣ trips, Phan mucked. Stephane up to 150k.
Van Ngoc Binh entered the day as one of the leaders but lost a large portion of his stack to Hwang Seong Il early on. He’s been grinding to get back up. We caught him win a pot on a board 4♠ 10♣ Q♠ and 47k pot. He bet 20k, no callers. He climbed to 93k.
Catching the action with 3 players in. The board was 10♠ 5♣ 4♣ A♠ 3♦ with over 90k already brewed. All three checked it. Zannick Bosche claimed the pot with 10♣ 3♣ two pair. He climbed to 165k.
Jimmy Yar got raised to 3400, was called by button Tobias Napel, big blind Christoph Friesinger three-bet to 22k, Yar put it all in (20k), Napel called. The flop ran 10♥ 2♥ 4♥, Friesinger checked, Napel bet 12k, Friesinger called. On the turn 6♠, check again by Friesinger, Napel fired 23.5k, Friesinger folded to award Napel the side pot.
For the main pot, Yar A♥ K♣, Napel A♠ Q♦, the river 9♣ kept Yar ahead for a triple up to around 60k.
Four players limped in and the big blind checked for a five-way look at the flop 3♠ 10♦ 6♣. All checked to the button David Tang, he bet 6k. Only the bb Le Long Stephane called. On the turn 8♦, Stephane checked again then called a 12k bet. The river 6♦ saw the same action with Stephane check-calling 22k. Tang showed 5♥ 7♠ bluff, Stephane won it with 10s} Q♦.
Lee Tang Hee all in with K♥ K♦, Terry Nguyen called with Q♥ Q♦, the board found all the ladies 2♣ Q♣ 6♦ Q♠ 6♥ to eliminate Lee. Nguyen up to 150k.
Four way limped pot sees a flop 3♠ 8♠ 6♣. Two checks followed by a 3500 bet by You Heung Youl. Button Low Zi Cheng raised to 12.5k, two folds next, back to Youl, he called. On the J♣ turn, Youl bet 35k, Cheng all in for 85k, Youl tanked, time was called, he folded.