Andrew Moreno opened to 4,000 from UTG+2 and was called by Kevin Petersen in the small blind and Ted Wang in the big blind.
The flop came down and the blinds checked to Moreno who bet 5,000. Both tagged along to see the turn where Petersen checked. Wang bet 6,000 and after a few moments, Moreno raised all in for roughly 33,000. Petersen folded, but Wang called immediately.
Moreno:
Wang:
Moreno was outkicked and found no help from the river.
Naoya Kihara opened to 4,600 from middle position. Andrei Kaigorodtcev looked down at his cards from the next seat over and shipped all in for his last roughly 48,000. It folded around to Aaron Lim in the blinds who flat called. Kihara got rid of his cards and the hands were turned over.
Lim:
Kaigorodtcev:
The two were racing going to the flop where the dealer spread out . Kaigorodtcev retained his lead and held it even through the on the turn. The on the river, however, spelled disaster for Kaigorodtcev as he suddenly had the second best hand and was eliminated from play. Lim scooped up his chips and is now sitting on 190,000.
A flurry of preflop action led to Shohei Miki all in for about 26,000 with , Yousuke Tanimoto all in for about 65,000 with , and Sung Soo Chon had them both covered with .
The board ran out , securing the pot for Soo Chon.
We found Ted Wang and Chane Kampanatsanyakakorn looking down at a monotone flop of . Wang checked to Kampanatsanyakakorn who fired out 14,000 into the 40,000 that was already in the middle. Wang then went into the tank for well over two minutes before finally deciding to cut out a raise to 30,000.
It was now Kampanatsanyakakorn's turn in the tank. Well over three minutes passed as Kampanatsanyakakorn pondered his action. Players at the table got up while other from the rail gathered around. In the end, Kampanatsanyakakorn opted to flat call the raise.
The hit the turn and Wang took another ninety seconds before checking over to Kampanatsanyakakorn. He bet 25,000 and Wang let out a belly laugh, instantly mucking his hand and awarding Kampanatsanyakakorn the pot. Kampanatsanyakakorn now has about 155,000 in chips while Wang has fallen to 68,000.
and the blinds checked to Moreno who bet 5,000. Both tagged along to see the 
turn where Petersen checked. Wang bet 6,000 and after a few moments, Moreno raised all in for roughly 33,000. Petersen folded, but Wang called immediately.
river.
. Kaigorodtcev retained his lead and held it even through the 
on the turn. The 
on the river, however, spelled disaster for Kaigorodtcev as he suddenly had the second best hand and was eliminated from play. Lim scooped up his chips and is now sitting on 190,000.
, Yousuke Tanimoto all in for about 65,000 with 
, and Sung Soo Chon had them both covered with 
.
, securing the pot for Soo Chon.
