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Filipino John Tech made a huge call in a massive pot with nothing but a gutshot to a wheel with one card to come.
He got there on the river, dragged in heaps of chips and now finds himself among the early leaders.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,500 |
Xiao Ming Liang raised to 775 from the cutoff and the player on the button called before Madhav Gupta in the small blind three-bet for 3,550 more on top of it. Liang made the call and the 
flop was checked through. On the 
turn the raising war started again and Liang ended up all in for his last 11,625 with the 
.
As soon as Gupta had made the call and saw the cards of his opponents, he sighed loudly and stood up from his table before flipping over the 
. The 
river bricked and the Indian took a huge hit to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
28,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
The player on the button opened to 1,100 and Manuel Blaschke called out of the big blind to see a heads-up flop of 
. Both players checked and the Austrian then check-raised the 
turn from 1,500 to 5,200. The opponent of the Austrian tanked for a fair amount of time, stared at the board and eventually mucked the cards to allow the table captain another pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
57,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
With the first three levels now in the books the players are off on a 10-minute break. They will return for the start of Level 4 where the blind levels increase to 60 minutes.
The tournament clock currently claims 270 entries with 246 players remaining, That means the event's second starting flight has already surpassed the total entries for the first and registration is open for two more hours.
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
58,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
35,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
34,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
28,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
||
|
27,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
23,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
18,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
12,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
Busted | |
The full player list is not available yet, thus we don't know who the player was that busted just now on table three. What is known is the fact that the chips went to Manuel Blaschke and the Austrian filled us in concerning the bet sizing. After a limp for 300, Blaschke reraised to 1,000 out of the hijack and the player from one seat over three-bet to 2,800. Only the Austrian called and they saw a flop of 
.
Blaschke check-called a bet of 3,200 before the 
turn saw no betting action. On the 
river, the Austrian check-raised all in and his opponent called it off with the after having put in 10,000 of his chips. The very aggressive image of the Austrian was rewarded after he had turned a set with the and the stack keeps growing further.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
80,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
Quite a large pot had evolved near our blogger desk and Marcuss Liow ended up calling time on his opponent Gordon Nord after a heads-up flop of 
. Liow had moved all in for 13,975 and Nord tanked for a while before the time was called. The dealer told the floorman that only 2-3 minutes had passed and thus Nord was given a bit more time.
Liow ended up racking in the pot when his opponent mucked the and the Malaysian immediately said "You are way behind. Very good fold for you" before flipping over the . Both players continued to argue a bit and carried on, seemingly disgruntled. Nord in fact put his hoodie deep over the head and the sunglasses on.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
The UK's Alex Ward flopped two pair holding 
heads-up with the man they call the Godfather of Filipino Poker, Wally Sombero.
Sombero had 
and shoved the turn, busting his first bullet on the day when Ward made the call.
As a result, Ward now finds himself among the early leaders.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
66,000 |
John Tech had Hiroshi Kosugi double up with the on the 
board after both players invested 6,000 chips each on the turn. Kosugi then got his last 6,650 in after the final community card and received a very reluctant call only to muck when shown the bad news.
The very same table also contains Aaron Lim, as the Australian showed up after the first break. His girlfriend Yaxi Zhu is not in yet but will be here soon, too.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
58,000
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
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