On the river of a 7♠6♥2♥J♣7♣ board, Curtis Lim called a large bet worth 40,000 and his opponent tabled the 5♣5♦ for fives and sevens. Lim had that beat with the J♠9♥ for jacks up and that propelled his already impressive stack even further.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
On the tail end of a 10♣6♦2♥J♦5♣ board, Xiaosheng Zheng bet 2,000 out of the blinds. He was raised to 7,000 to then move all-in and his opponent mulled it over for a while. With around 12,000 behind, the shorter stack eventually called it off.
Zheng tabled the 4♠3♠ for the nut straight and his opponent sent the cards right into the muck, where the dealer retrieved them to expose 8♠8♣ according to all-in showdown rule.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
Level eight has commenced with more than 200 entries showing on the clock. Some of the most recent additions to the field were forced to re-enter including Alexander Puchalski, Sameer Agarwal, Pete Chen and Thijs Hilberts. For the latter, his stack was reduced to a short stack when 10♥7♥ rivered a flush against him.
Chen's re-entry was already crowned by success as he more than doubled in a matter of minutes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
||
|
30,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
30,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
||
|
30,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Fang-Kei Yang raised to 1,600 and his table neighbour three-bet to 4,800. The initial raiser piled in a four-bet to more than 21,000 and then called when the shove followed.
"You have aces?" Yang inquired as he flipped over his K♦K♠. That wasn't the case as he was up against A♦K♥. The ace came but also the case king on the A♠K♣10♦2♥4♠ board. Yang's 39,200 covered to score the knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
74,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
A very loud scream emerged from right in front of the final table stage when a three-way all-in emerged. A shorter stack from South Korea was all-in with the Q♠J♠ while Lewis Cowell had the A♦K♣ exposed. Hun Tae Choi revealed the Q♣Q♥ from under the gun and had both opponents covered.
Choi started screaming even louder with a "yesssssss" on the Q♦10♣4♥ flop when he made top set. It was followed by an almost crying "noooo" on the J♦ turn. However, Choi then exploded on the 4♣ river and jumped out of his seat to celebrate vividly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
Busted |
Junzhong Loo was all-in for just 3,800 and Eric Wasylenko called out of the big blind.
Junzhong loo: K♣7♦
Eric Wasylenko: 8♠5♠
The A♠7♥3♠ flop gave Wasylenko a lot of outs and he just smirked, adding "too many outs". Indeed, the 10♦ turn and 2♦ river brought no help to the Canadian and Loo escaped from elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
103,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
8,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
175,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
95,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
85,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
80,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
70,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
|
||
|
60,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
55,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
|
50,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
40,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
35,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
33,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
28,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
28,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
22,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
15,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
9,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
|
|
||
|
8,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
