Ming Hong Teoh from Malaysia has taken over the chip lead from Tzai Wei Phua with 5 players still left at the final table. The other players still in the running for the first-place prize and the all-important PSPC Platinum Pass are Konstantin Pogodin, Yisha Chen, and Bertrand Ortiz.
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
The player in middle position opened to 800. Thomas Kung-Chun Larsen, on the cutoff, three-bet to 2,575. Action folded back to the original raiser who quickly added the remainder to call.
The flop came 
. The player in middle position checked. Larsen threw in a bet of 3,000, that was enough to get his opponent to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,000 |
The player under the gun opened to 700. The cutoff called, along with Kevin Clark in the big blind.
The flop came 
and was checked around to the 
turn. Clark bet 1,100. The player under the gun and the cutoff called.
The 
river completed the board and Clark threw in a bet of 2,500, that was enough to get both of his opponents to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
88,000 | |
|
87,500 | |
|
36,500 | |
|
36,300 | |
|
31,000 | |
|
||
|
30,150 | |
|
26,200 | |
|
8,450 | |
Bibek Karki opened to 650 on the cutoff. The player in the big blind raised to 3,000. Karki called.
The flop was 
. The big blind bet 3,000. Karki called.
The turn brought the 
and the player in the big blind continued with a bet 6,000. Karki called again.
The river came the 
and the big blind threw in a last bet of 20,000. Karki tank-called. His opponent mucked his hand and Karki took down the pot without showing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
77,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50
The players will now be taking their first 15-minute break of the day.
Charalampos Lappas is one of the few non-Asian players in the field and is apparently no stranger to the Asian poker scene.
The flop read 
and Xiang Dou had the all-in button in front of him.
Lappas was kind enough to relate what had happened: the player in the under-the-gun position raised, a few others called. Dou was sitting in the big blind and three-bet to 1,800. The initial raiser four-bet to 4,200 and only Dou called.
After the dealer dealt the flop, Dou bet 5,050 and his opponent raised to 12,000. Dou responded with a shove and got a fold.
A few hands later, the under-the-gun player raised to 550 and got one other caller before it was Lappas' turn in the small blind. Lappas three-bet to 2,000 and the initial raiser snap-called.
"At least think about it!" Lappas exclaimed.
"I thought about it" his opponent replied.
The other caller quickly folded.
The flop brought them the 
, Lappas continued with another bet of 1,500. His opponent quickly raised to 3,800. Lappas considered his options for a while but then opted to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
The board showed 
, Vidwath Shetty moved all his chips into the middle and he found one caller. His opponent turned over 
for a pair of queens and Shetty tabled 
for a pair of kings, eliminating his opponent and adding a healthy pot to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
62,250
62,250
|
62,250 |
