Level: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Level: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Upon completion of level 19, the field has been whittled down to just 31 players spread across four tables. They have been sent on another scheduled 10-minute break.
With a stack of around 250,000 at his disposal, Sebastian Mueller got it in before the flop against Ting-Yi Tsai.
Sebastian Mueller: 8♥8♣
Ting-Yi Tsai: A♦Q♠
The Taiwanese streamer got there on a board of A♠4♠2♣K♠4♦ to knock out Mueller in 32nd place.
With plenty of chips into the middle to the J♣6♣3♦5♣7♦ river, Min Woo Kang moved all-in and was snapped off by Jimmy Torres, who revealed the A♣Q♣ for the nuts. Kang mucked his cards and headed to the payout desk.
Moments later, Day 1b chip leader Vishal Ojha was in dire shape with the K♠10♠ as Jin Woo Kim looked him up with the A♦J♠.
The A♣10♥8♣2♠4♦ runout gave both players a piece and Kim had the best of it to knock out the Indian.
Seunghun Ko got it in for around 205,000 and Yuhan Liu had him crushed with the superior stack and crushed in chips as well as the cards.
Seunghun Ko: A♦A♣
Yuhan Liu: 9♣9♠
The [120s5s2h] flop and 4♠ turn gave reason to hope for the South Korean but the 5♣ river ended his run.
In quick succession, Nevan Chang and Pete Chen were sent to the rail from table one and the next all-in showdown featured a short-stacked Romain Morvan, who was up against Yuhan Liu.
Romain Morvan: Q♣J♣
Yuhan Liu: 9♥9♠
The Q♦4♥2♣9♣ turn gave Liu a set while Morvan still had outs with the flush draw.
"Fuck my life," Morvan then concluded when the 6♦ river bricked off.
"Good luck in the next game," Liu responded but Morvan instantly replied with a "I have had enough for this week".
Romain Morvan pushed all-in for 115,000 from an early position and Yuhan Liu did so from the button for 227,000. Ting-Yi Tsai in the big blind asked for exact counts and used one time bank to then call.
Romain Morvan: 8♥8♠
Yuhan Liu: 10♠10♣
Ting-Yi Tsai: A♥Q♥
"Off suit I fold," Tsai mentioned and the J♦8♦5♠5♦7♦ board gave Morvan a triple-up while Liu doubled through Tsai for the rest.
Chao-Ting Cheng raised to 20,000 and then called the short-stacked jam by Mauricio Salazar Sanchez on the button for what appeared to be just over 11 blinds.
Mauricio Salazar Sanchez: J♣J♠
Chao-Ting Cheng: A♥9♥
No ace or hearts appeared on the Q♦10♦4♦4♠2♦ board and Salazar Sanchez doubled.
While Anil Adiani departed in 39th place, there was another all-in and call ongoing over on table seven.
Huu Dung Nguyen got it in for 114,000 with the A♦10♥ and Bo Jin took his chances with the K♥9♣.
The Q♣10♣7♥4♠6♣ board kept Nguyen in the lead all the way as he leaped back out of the danger zone.
The UK's Grant Gardner had nursed a short stack for an extended period and doubled once to stay afloat. Ultimately, he took another flip and was up against Evgenii Nekrasov.
Grant Gardner: 10♠10♣
Evgenii Nekrasov: A♠K♥
The K♠4♥2♥ flop improved Nekrasov and the 5♥ turn left Gardner with a single out. Instead, the 9♥ river improved Nekrasov to a flush and that reduced the field to the last 39 contenders.