Five More Hands for Day 1b
The clock has been stopped with 14:29 left in the level and the final five hands were drawn for Day 1b.
The clock has been stopped with 14:29 left in the level and the final five hands were drawn for Day 1b.
The river was checked by Omair Javed and Mai Bien then bet 35,000. Javed tanked for a minute and called to get shown by Bien, which he had beat holding the .
Javed then raised to 6,000 and Van Xuan Nguyen defended out of the blinds. On a flop, Nguyen check-called for 6,000 and led the turn for 11,000. That prompted a raise to 26,000 by Javed and Nguyen stuck around.
On the river, Nguyen bet 40,000 and Javed called once more to see his opponent turn over the , which he had beat with the for the bottom end of the straight.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Omair Javed |
400,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
Van Xuan Nguyen
|
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Mai Bien |
145,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
Hak Do Kim jumped out of his seat in celebration when he eventually got there to knock out Shaun Conroy.
All cards were already exposed as Conroy had been at risk with the , as he was up against the of Kim. The turn had improved Conroy but the fell on the river.
Just like that, the Day 1b field was down to just 32 players and the top 28 are in the top 15% remaining.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Hak Do Kim
|
270,000 | |
Shaun Conroy | Busted |
On a heads-up flop of , Vu Thai Bao jammed into Yu Qi Zhao and the latter opted to call all-in after some deliberation.
Yu Qi Zhao:
Vu Thai Bao:
The turn and river spelled the end for Zhao, who quickly headed out of the tournament area.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Vu Thai Bao |
215,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
Yu Qi Zhao
|
Busted | |
|
Calvin Seet Pin Tan eventually got his shorter stack in with a pair and the nut flush draw on the turn to get called by fellow countryman Chik Fatt Chan.
Calvin Seet Pin Tan:
Chik Fatt Chan:
"Diamond!" Tan demanded but the river was a blank.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chik Fatt Chan |
230,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
Calvin Seet Pin Tan | Busted |
Jonathan Sanborn called a raise while on the button just before the blinds went up and Corine Shi Huiqi then squeezed to 24,000 out of the big blind and Sanborn was the only caller.
Huiqi bet the flop for 16,000 to receive a call and the turn went check, check. After the river, Huiqi jammed and Sanborn snap-called.
Huiqi revealed the for a move gone wrong and Sanborn held for the nut flush to soar up on the leaderboard.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jonathan Sanborn |
370,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
Corine Shi Huiqi
|
Busted |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
On the river of a board, Jonas Magdalinski bet 13,000 and was eventually called by Calvin Seet Pin Tan. The former tabled the for a flush and that won the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jonas Magdalinski |
120,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
Calvin Seet Pin Tan |
40,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
Several players are gunning for the Day 1b lead and among them is also Chhay Lem Lim. He just opened to 5,000 and then folded when Jun Hao Wu three-bet to 16,000 from one seat over.
Jonathan Sanborn is also on the same table as well with an even bigger stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Valeriy Pak |
330,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
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Brett Pullen |
280,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Jonathan Sanborn |
280,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Chhay Lem Lim |
280,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Hwany Lee |
260,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Bryan Huang |
214,000
119,000
|
119,000 |
Michael Soyza |
145,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Jun Hao Wu
|
125,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
As Day 1b winds down with just 38 players out of 186 entries remaining, those bowing out can jump right into the final turbo heat. Some familiar faces there include Zurvan Tumboli, Nang Quang Nguyen, Gary Thompson, Natalie Teh, Minh Anh Nguyen, Leo Soma, Florencio Campomanes, Koen Breed, and Seongmin Lee.
Rajeev Kanjani was just eliminated there when his flopped the versus . He rooted for a five on the river as he was very short and the five indeed came to give his opponent a wheel.
"I wanted a new stack," Kanjani said as he hurried out of the tournament area.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Rajeev Kanjani | Busted | |
Leo Soma | Busted | |
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