We approached the table with 35,000 sitting in front of Artem Lobus and the all-in chip in front of Sam Cohen. A flop of was on the board and Lobus had a decision. There was a little table talk going on and finally Lobus made the call.
Cohen tabled for top set and Lobus turned over for two pair. The turn and river officially ended the tournament for Lobus and puts Cohen near the top of the leaderboard.
Well into the break Jeffrey Holbrook just managed to take down an enormous pot which brought him the tournament chip lead with 37 players remaining!
The action was relayed to us as Holbrook got all his chips into the pot on a flop holding against Masato Yokosawa's and another player's .
The turn nor river helped Yokosawa or the third player who was knocked out while Yokosawa was left with 35,000 while Holbrook now sits on a staggering 410,000 chips.
Haggart moved all in for his final 29,800 on a flop and Takao Kazuta called instantly. Haggart turned over for the straight and Kazuta tabled . The board ran out and to give Haggart the double.
Takahisa Watanabe just moved all in under the gun for 68,500 and Quan Zhou, formerly the tournament chip leader, made the call. Two players tanked for quite a while before folding and the showdown went as following.
Watanabe:
Zhou:
The board ran out and the four spades on the board kept the Japanese player alive. Zhou was left with 60,000 while one of the players that folded said he folded ace-jack with the jack of spades.
Minh Hau Nguyen just ended up all in again and he was trailing once more for his tournament life. This time Nguyen was in for 46,500 and the showdown went as following.
Nguyen:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Nguyen locked up another double up.
We came to the table with a board of . Andy Chan was showing in front of him and Makoto Yoshimichi had . They were counting out Yoshimichi's chips and Chan ended up shipping 164,000 over to Yoshimichi.
We're down to four tables of eight after Kelvin Beattie just knocked out both David Martirosyan and Masator Yokosawa on the same hand.
Martirosyan had just doubled up to Yokosawa but on the very next hand both players ended up all in again, but this time Beattie was involved as well.
Yokosawa was all in under the gun to 2,500 and Martirosyan raised from his left to 8,000 and Beattie three-bet from his left to 18,000. The action folded back to Martirosyan who moved all in for 50,000 and Beattie snap-called.
Beattie:
Martirosyan:
Yokosawa:
The board ran out and Beattie raked in a very important pot as we're getting closer and closer to the money bubble.
We happened upon a pot of 125,000 and a board of . The turn came and the betting started with Chane Kampanatsanyakorn, who put 50,000 in front of him. It didn't take long for Takao Kazuta to announce all in and Kampanatsanyakorn called.
Kampanatsanyakorn turned over while Kazuta showed . The river came giving Kampanatsanyakorn the pot and putting a huge dent in Kazuta's stack.
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was on the board and Lobus had a decision. There was a little table talk going on and finally Lobus made the call.
for top set and Lobus turned over 
for two pair. The turn 
and river 
flop holding 
flop and Takao Kazuta called instantly. Haggart turned over 
for the straight and Kazuta tabled 
and 
to give Haggart the double.
and Nguyen locked up another double up.
in front of him and Makoto Yoshimichi had 
and the betting started with Chane Kampanatsanyakorn, who put 50,000 in front of him. It didn't take long for Takao Kazuta to announce all in and Kampanatsanyakorn called.
while Kazuta showed 
giving Kampanatsanyakorn the pot and putting a huge dent in Kazuta's stack.