Day 1a has now reached 202 entries of which 180 players remain and several notables jumped in as of lately.
Day 1a has now reached 202 entries of which 180 players remain and several notables jumped in as of lately.
The cards were already on their backs when and the dealer announced a double seat open. Mike Takayama was among the casualties when his ![]()
had flopped bottom pair and the nut flush draw. Vu Duc Trung was involved with the ![]()
while Duy Lam Pham had both covered with the ![]()
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runout gave Pham the straight and sent two opponents to the rail.
In a hand that took place just prior to the break, Linh Phuong Dieu Nguyen bet a ![]()
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river for 2,000 and then called the shove by a shorter stack to get shown the ![]()
for a set. Nguyen had that beat with ![]()
for the nut flush to earn the knockout.
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
The third level of the day has been completed and a field of 175 entries has been whittled down to 163 players so far. They are now all on a scheduled 15-minute break.
Three ways to the ![]()
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flop, Kyeongrim Shin was all-in for 24,000. Hayoung Park tanked for more than two minutes and then eventually called while the third player in the hand folded.
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The
turn was a blank but the
river improved Shin to the nut flush.
Three ways to the ![]()
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river, Byunghyun Kim bet 7,600. He was called by one opponent and tabled the ![]()
for trips sixes, as his opponent mucked the
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Soon after, Kim was in the blinds and check-raised a ![]()
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flop from 1,200 to 3,800, earning a single caller. The
turn brought another bet worth 6,400 by Kim and a call before he shut down and checked the
river. Kim folded when he faced a bet worth 9,600 and was proudly shown the
.
Dung Tien Pham was all-in with a short stack and dominated when he was looked up by Byung Soo Lee.
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board delivered the ten on the river and Pham survived. "It was a one-outer, because I folded a ten ... if you want to put it into the coverage," the table big stack Shyh Chyn Lim mentioned.
Heads-up to the ![]()
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turn, Tzai Wei Phua faced a bet worth 5,000 and then pushed all-in. His opponent wasted little time before calling and tabled the ![]()
for the turned top two pair.
Phua, however, was miles ahead with the ![]()
for a set and only needed to dodge an ace or king. He did so thanks to the
river to secure an early double-up.