Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
Han Song moved all in for his remaining 26,000 and Linh Tran was the only person to stick around, players turned over their hands.
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The dealer fanned out ![]()
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on the flop and Song was still ahead. A
peeled off on the turn and Tran would need to hit. The
landed on the river, giving Tran the better hand with his queens for the pot, eliminating Song from the tournament.
Xinglong Huang opened and Han Song moved all in for around 205,000. Huang snap-called for his remaining 188,000 and the players turned over their hands.
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The flop came down ![]()
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and Song picked up a straight draw. The was a
and Huang was still ahead with his bullets. A
hit the felt on the river and Huang held on with his aces for a full double up through Song, leaving him with just crumbs.
Chi Chung Ho opened from the small blind, Hiroshi Matsumoto moved all in for his last 65,000 and Ho called, players turned over their hands.
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Ho took down the pot with his three jacks, eliminating Matsumoto from the tournament.
The record-breaking 581-strong field drew players from 24 different countries with Japan (36%) and China (30.7%) making up the largest portion of the field from Asia with 169 unique entries and 144 unique entries respectively.
The USA (7.9%) were the next best represented with 37 unique entries. Hong Kong (4.7%) was represented by 22 unique players, with Russia (3.2%) rounding out the top five with 15 unique representatives.
Taiwan was close behind with their 14 unique representatives making up 3% of the field, followed by Malaysia (2.3%) with 11 players, Canada and Singapore were next, both making up 1.5% of the field each with 7 unique players apiece.
Vietnam (1.3%) with 6 unique players and Korea (1.1%) with 5 unique entries
complete the top ten.
The rest of the field comprised entry from a further 13 countries with Australia, Germany, India, New Zealand, Uzbekistan, Brazil, UK, France, Mongolia, Netherlands, Spain, Thailand, Ukraine all with 4 or fewer representatives
Sera Ota opened to 25,000 from under the gun, Tsun Ming Chan called in the big blind and the dealer spread out ![]()
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on the flop. Chan checked to Ota who moved all in for 96,000 and Chan quickly called.
Ota tabled ![]()
for a pair of queens and Chang turned over ![]()
for a pair of bullets. The
on the turn and
river changed nothing and Chan took down the pot, sending Ota to the rail.
Ching Wei Chen opened to 24,000 from middle position, Zizheng Huang called in the big blind and the flop came down ![]()
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. Action checked to Chen, he bet and Huang check-raised all in for around 110,000.
Chen snap-called, tabling ![]()
for a set of jacks and Huang turned over ![]()
for just a pair of kings. The
fell on the turn and Huang picked up some outs. A
on the river did not change a thing and Chen took down the pot, eliminating Huang from the tournament.
Level: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
The remaining 40 players will now be taking a 45-minute dinner break.