The chip leader from the start of the day, Ivan Zalac, is on a downward spiral as we just witnessed him lose another pot.
The hand started with Zalac opening to 3,600 before Aditya ‘Bitti’ Agarwal raised it to 8,200. Zalac made the call as both players saw the flop come . Both were happy to check, as the fell on the turn, before Zalac led out 6,500 in chips. Agarwal just made the call as the completed the board.
Zalac quickly reached for some chips, and threw in 8,000 which had Agarwal thinking. He eventually made the call and tabled his after Zalac had showed his .
As Agarwal moves up to 100,000, Zalac has fallen to 50,000 in chips.
There was already a sea of chips in the middle that looked to be about 60,000 when we got to the table and saw that Tam Truong, Andrew Nguyen, and Bobby Zhang were in the middle of a three handed pot. The board read , and Zhang checked to Truong, who fired out 35,000. Nguyen responded by moving all in for about 70,000, and Zhang got out of the way. Despite getting good pot odds, Truong seemed convinced he was beat, as he kicked his hand in.
After that pot, Nguyen jumped up to the chip lead with 170,000, while Truong fell to 60,000.
The action started with Timo Kohijoki opening to 4,500 before Ying Zhao moved all in for her last 63,300 in chips from the button. No sooner had she done that, did Ted Wang move all in from the small blind. The big blind also looked keen, but mucked his hand, as did Kohijoki before the two players tabled their cards.
Zhao:
Wang:
Board:
Wang was in great shape as he dodged an ace on the flop, but Zhao picked up more outs with a straight draw. Wang faded the turn but the deuce on the river would bring Zhao the straight resulting in his tournament coming to an end.
We didn’t catch the action, but arrived at the table to see Chane Kampanatsanyakorn showing and scooping in the pot, with Khac Tran walking away from the table and his with the board reading .
Both players got all their chips in and it was all over with Kampanatsanyakorn hitting his set to send Tran to the rail.
Kampanatsanyakorn now moves back up to 170,000 in chips.
There was about 75,000 in the middle, when both Daniel Francis and Daniel Spence checked the turn on a board of . When the hit the river, Spence fired out 25,000, and Francis went deep into the tank. He thought for a good three minutes before finally folding his hand, and Spence asked "do you want to see it?" Francis seemed indifferent but eventually said yes, and Spence tabled for a busted straight draw.
After that hand, Francis fell to 155,000, while Spence jumped up to 192,000, the biggest stack in the room.
Zhong Tan got the ball rolling with a bet of 4,000 from under the gun, which was called by Christian Friedrich to his immediate left. Aditya “Bitti” Agarwal was next to act, and bumped it up to 12,500 as the action folded around the table. Ivan Zalac was in the big blind, and moved all in for his remaining 23,700, as he stood up from the table. Tan folded his hand, as Friedrich thought for a moment before moving all in over the top for 39,200. Agarwal had the possibility to eliminate two players, and after thinking about his decision for a few minutes, made the call, as all three players tabled their cards.
Zalac:
Agarwal:
Friedrich:
Board:
Friedrich was in great shape with the over pair, and was able to dodge an eight, four and over cards to take down the big pot.
The floor has just drawn the card, and there will be five more hands in today's play. With 27 players left, and 20 of them making the money, it is unlikely that we reach the money bubble today.
. Both were happy to check, as the 
fell on the turn, before Zalac led out 6,500 in chips. Agarwal just made the call as the 
completed the board.
after Zalac had showed his 
.
and scooping in the pot, with Khac Tran walking away from the table and his 
with the board reading 
hit the river, Spence fired out 25,000, and Francis went deep into the tank. He thought for a good three minutes before finally folding his hand, and Spence asked "do you want to see it?" Francis seemed indifferent but eventually said yes, and Spence tabled 
for a busted straight draw.
