The field is already down to fewer than 150 contenders and the latest batch of casualties included notables such as Joseph Magnotti, Jun Lai, Valeriy Pak, Oleg Li, Weixuan Wang, Kento Chogo, and former big stack Chan Sung Choi.
Pee Jay Aratea jammed a very short stack on the button and Hyeonho Shin made the call in the small blind.
Pee Jay Aratea: Q♣4♣
Hyeonho Shin: 6♣6♥
Only one four appeared on the K♠10♦4♦8♠8♣ and that spelled the end for the local player just outside of the top 150 spots.
Lloyd Locsin raised to 12,000 and earned at least one caller. Nicolas Cardyn then squeezed out of the small blind before Locsin pushed for 151,000. It folded back to Cardyn and the Frenchman quickly called.
Lloyd Locsin: Q♣Q♥
Nicolas Cardyn: A♥K♠
The classic flip went to Locsin on a board of A♣Q♦3♥2♠K♣ and Cardyn was left short.
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
In a battle of the blinds, Bonifacio Mondalo clashed with Czardy Rivera and revealed the inferior hand albeit with the superior stack at his disposal.
Czardy Rivera: A♥K♠
Bonifacio Mondalo: A♦Q♥
The kicker problem was never solved on the 10♠6♣6♥7♠5♣ board and Rivera doubled.
Japan's Mitsuo Zushi put his hopes on a suited ace but found himself dominated by Mike Takayama in the following preflop contest.
Mitsuo Zushi: A♦2♦
Mike Takayama: K♠K♦
The 10♥10♦8♥ flop and 7♦ turn kept Zushi in contention but the 9♠ river was a blank.
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