Gyuhyuk Lee raised to 100,000 and Zhigang Chen three-bet to320,000 from one seat over on the button. Dexter Santos then moved all-in for what appeared to be 540,000 in the big blind and Lee folded while Chen called.
Dexter Santos: A♣A♦
Zhigang Chen: Q♠Q♣
The dominated pair improved thanks to the Q♥9♠2♥ flop and Santos had a beat beat story to tell after the 7♦ turn as well as 4♠ river ended his run in 21st place for PHP440,000.
Nino Pansier three-bet an open raise by Christopher Mateo to 280,000 and Alex Chong then four-bet to 625,000. The initial raiser quickly folded while Pansier gave it some thought and folded.
Level: 26
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Jacque Ramsden pushed all-in for 685,000 and was looked up by Nino Pansier from one seat over.
Jacque Ramsden: A♣J♥
Nino Pansier: A♠K♠
The Brit was dominated and never solved the kicker problem on the 5♣4♦3♣7♥K♣ board to bow out in 22nd place.
The dealer announced a seat open as the frantic action continued right after the redraw with two all-in and call taking place at the same time. It was Koichi Nozaki who became the 23rd place finisher and his chips were sent to John Tech who had the K♣10♥ exposed.
According to players at the table, Nozaki had defended the big blind against an open raise and call by John Tech. Only Tech came along when Nozaki bet the 10♠9♣8♥ flop and the 4♦ turn, then jammed the 10♣ river.
Tech called with his trips tens and was shown J♥8♠ for a pair and busted straight draw.
In a preflop raising war, the stacks of Christopher Mateo and Edward Penaflorida went into the middle to unleash a classic flip with the latter at risk.
Edward Penaflorida: J♣J♥
Christopher Mateo: A♥K♥
The board ran out K♣6♠4♠8♥8♣ and Mateo jumped out of his chair in excitement, yelling "yessss I love it" repeatedly. Both stacks were briefly counted and Penaflorida was covered with his stack of around 1,600,000.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | Gyuhyuk Lee | South Korea | 3,150,000 | 79 |
| 2 | 2 | Zhigang Chen | China | 1,100,000 | 28 |
| 2 | 3 | Kei Kiyohara | Japan | 2,100,000 | 10 |
| 2 | 4 | Steve Yea | South Korea | 410,000 | 11 |
| 2 | 5 | Dexter Santos | Philippines | 440,000 | 11 |
| 2 | 6 | Ira Blumenthal | United States | 1,050,000 | 26 |
| 2 | 7 | Kenny Shih | Taiwan | 1,600,000 | 40 |
| 2 | 8 | Slade Fisher | Australia | 1,300,000 | 33 |
| 3 | 1 | Koichi Nozaki | Japan | 600,000 | 15 |
| 3 | 2 | Archie Mariano | Philippines | 2,700,000 | 68 |
| 3 | 3 | Ivan Tabucal | Philippines | 1,650,000 | 41 |
| 3 | 4 | Yuanning Wu | China | 2,600,000 | 65 |
| 3 | 5 | Lloyd Locsin | Philippines | 850,000 | 21 |
| 3 | 6 | John Tech | Philippines | 2,100,000 | 53 |
| 3 | 7 | Alvin Sembrano | Philippines | 1,550,000 | 39 |
| 3 | 8 | Riku Sasahara | Japan | 2,700,000 | 68 |
| 4 | 1 | Thomas Ward | New Zealand | 1,550,000 | 39 |
| 4 | 2 | Hiroshi Irimajiri | Japan | 1,100,000 | 28 |
| 4 | 3 | Junya Kubo | Japan | 1,200,000 | 30 |
| 4 | 4 | Christopher Mateo | Philippines | 2,450,000 | 61 |
| 4 | 5 | Jacque Ramsden | United Kingdom | 685,000 | 17 |
| 4 | 6 | Nino Pansier | Netherlands | 3,200,000 | 80 |
| 4 | 7 | Alex Chong | Hong Kong | 2,950,000 | 74 |
| 4 | 8 | Edward Penaflorida | Philippines | 1,650,000 | 41 |
John Magadan doubled Huy Nguyen with K♥10♦ versus A♦10♣ when two aces appeared on the flop.
Magadan was left short and then got it in with the A♥Q♦, Steve Yea in the big blind called with K♣7♣ to flop two pair on K♥7♦5♣.
Nguyen's tournament ended soon after when he ran into the Q♠Q♣ of Alex Chong and just like that, the field was down to the last 24 contenders. The redraw of the final three tables is now imminent.
Christopher Mateo scored a big double through Jacque Ramsden, who was then all-in for 285,000 on the 10♣9♥2♦8♥ turn. Koichi Nozaki called with the Q♣8♣ but the K♣K♦ of Ramsden held on the 10♥ river.
Ramsden then raise-called the shove by Nozaki in the next hand with 9♠6♣ to face J♥9♦. The Q♥4♥4♣8♠K♣ board brought a double for Nozaki.
Nino Pansier raised and then called a three-bet by Erdenekhu Uuganbayar to 280,000, which led them to the Q♦J♠2♥ flop. Uuganbayar continued for what appeared to be 280,000 and called all-in when Pansier jammed.
Erdenekhu Uuganbayar: A♣K♥
Nino Pansier: J♦9♦
The Q♥ turn and 3♦ river were blanks and that spelled the end for Uuganbayar, who headed to the payout desk with a shaking head.
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