Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Quan Qiu and Ashish Ghosh got it in with suited aces and it was the former at risk over on table one for what appeared to be around 250,000.
Quan Qiu: A♠10♠
Ashish Ghosh: A♣K♣
The 6♥5♥2♣9♥7♠ board missed both players and ace-king high scored the knockout.
Guoliang Wei then got short after doubling Min Woo Kang and was all-in shortly after with A♣9♣, earning a call from Andy Li with the Q♣Q♠. The Q♦J♥J♦ flop all but ended Wei's tournament as he needed running aces. It was all over with the 5♦ turn to make the 5♣ river a formality.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,025,000
325,000
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325,000 |
|
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720,000
626,000
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626,000 |
|
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685,000
85,000
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85,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
An incredible preflop contest between Cheng Zhang in the under-the-gun position and Ashish Munot on the button unfolded. Munot had a five-bet to 236,000 out in front already for Zhang to then click it back to 327,000, essentially investing half of his stack.
Munot then moved all-in via seven-bet shove and Zhang ran out of time when his last time banks expired.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
975,000
255,000
|
255,000 |
|
|
325,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
|
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Grant Gardner three-bet jammed a short stack with the A♣K♦ and was looked up by Ilia Miakishev with the Q♦Q♠. The most classic of flips brought a board of 8♥8♣8♠A♦10♦ and Gardner doubled.
Pete Chen had the very same scenario over on table one for 110,000 with A♦K♦ versus Q♠Q♦.
The J♠J♥8♠ flop and 9♥ turn were blanks but Chen got there with the A♥ river to start his little happy dance once more. Wei Xu never recovered from that large blow and Andy Li claimed the remainder of his short stack with ace-high shortly after.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
600,000
440,000
|
440,000 |
|
|
250,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
|
225,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
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|
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175,000
65,000
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65,000 |
|
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Busted | |
Denis Pham raised in the hijack for Curtis Lim to call, which led them to the 8♦4♥3♥ flop. Pham bet and earned a call to then fire a second barrel for 55,000 on the 5♣ turn. Lim declared all-in and Pham replied but it had to be clarified three times whether or not that was call or fold.
The call was then confirmed and the cards were revealed.
Denis Pham: A♠3♠
Curtis Lim: 8♣8♠
The 6♥ on the river failed to keep Pham in contention and he had to settle for 44th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
800,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
|
670,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Two middling pocking pairs brought the chips into the middle between Martins Ivanovs and Ashish Munot with the former at risk.
Martins Ivanovs: 7♠7♣
Ashish Munot: 9♠9♦
The J♣4♠4♥ flop kept Ivanovs with some hope but the 9♣ turn ended his run as Munot further improved to nines full, as a meaningless blank completed the board thereafter.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
720,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Junnie Pamplona had min-raised and then called a hefty three-bet to 60,000 by Roman Kolotiuk out of the big blind. Kolotiuk bet 150,000 on the A♦9♥7♦ flop and sigh-called the shove by Pamplona for 232,000.
Junnie Pamplona: A♠Q♠
Roman Kolotiuk: 10♦5♦
Kolotiuk gained some further outs on the 5♠ turn but bricked the K♣ river.
Shortly after, Kolotiuk was all-in with the K♥10♣ against Ashish Munot with the K♣Q♦. The A♣9♥2♣K♠8♥ board provided no help and Kolotiuk hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
620,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
|
|
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|
|
530,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
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Busted | |
In a battle of the blinds to the J♥8♠7♠10♦3♥ river brought a bet worth 15,000 by Mauricio Salazar Sanchez in the small blind. Evgenii Nekrasov raised to 60,000 and received a call to turn over J♣9♣ for a straight as the winning hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
575,000
345,000
|
345,000 |
|
|
170,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
Evgenii Nekrasov raise-called the shove by Kien Tat Heng for 69,000 and the following cards were exposed.
Kien Tat Heng: J♣J♦
Evgenii Nekrasov: Q♦J♠
The K♦10♦2♠ flop was a spicy one but Heng held onto the lead throughout the 4♠ turn and K♠ river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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|
440,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
|
150,000
29,000
|
29,000 |