David Erquiaga chipped back up when he fired two streets in a blind battle. The second bet was worth 80,000 on the ![]()
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turn and his opponent check-folded right before the table broke.
David Erquiaga chipped back up when he fired two streets in a blind battle. The second bet was worth 80,000 on the ![]()
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turn and his opponent check-folded right before the table broke.
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
After losing the big pot earlier, Anh Tuan Nguyen saw his stack cut short and he became the last casualty before the remaining 48 players went on a scheduled 15-minute break. Another four levels will be played tonight.
The T-1,000 chips will also be raced off, which may delay the restart by a few minutes.
There was a small rail from the Philippines gathering around a corner table as two of their countrymen had their chips in the middle. Edgar Asehan was at risk for around 350,000 and covered by Moses Saquing but had the best of it.
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Nothing changed on the ![]()
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flop and
turn but the
river gave Saquing a full house.
Shyh Chyn Lim got the last of his short stack in with the ![]()
and was covered by Emmanuel Segismundo with the ![]()
. Lim had a gutshot until the ![]()
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turn but the river was a brick to reduce the field further.
Heads-up to the ![]()
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flop, Ha Tuong Manh check-called a bet worth 30,000 and then check-raised the
turn from 60,000 to 150,000. Anh Tuan Nguyen was his only opponent and called. The
fell on the river and Manh now bet 191,000 to send Nguyen deep into the tank.
It was for more than half of Nguyen's stack and he sigh-called to get shown the ![]()
for the flopped top two pair which then made the nut flush. Nguyen mentioned in table chat he had a set but didn't disclose which one.
While the live stream table saw tense action up until now, there was suddenly a burst of emotions and several players vaulted out of their seats. The reason for it was a three-way all-in in which Jaesung Park was the shortest stack with 75,000. Fung Lin was also involved and both were covered and crushed by Nghia Trong Nguyen.
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and Park scored a triple up while Lin was eliminated in the tiny side pot.
On a flop of ![]()
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, Phuc Minh Le ripped it in and Hazel Chui snap-called for the following showdown to unfold.
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The
turn and
river changed nothing whatsoever and that spelled the end for Le.
Dhaval Mudgal looked up the preflop all-in by Ki Chang Kim and was in prime shape to recover previous losses.
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The
appeared right in the window and it was followed by the ![]()
. Kim spiked the
turn and held on the
river.
Jeffrey Pamplona was not as fortunate during his last all-in as he was spotted on the way to the payout desk. There are now 53 players remaining.
Kunal Patni and Manh Huu Nguyen were all-in preflop with the latter as the player at risk for 149,000, which Patni had barely covered.
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flop improved Patni but the
turn gave Nguyen the superior pair. A potential split pot was possible but the
river was a blank.
Patni then inquired if the ante or big blind would come first as he'd be forced all-in within the next two hands. Since it was ante first, he moved all-in blind and Hyunkyu Kim then jammed his short stack to force out all other players.
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board had Patni drawing dead but he joked about a "bad beat" as his two pair were no good. However, there was some good news as he made the pay jump since Ha Ngoc Nguyen had busted just prior to that.