Level: 3
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Level: 3
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Hing Yaung Chow raised to 5,000 on the button and was called by Supitong Popiyukkul in the big blind. The flop was checked to Chow, who bet 5,000 and received a call. After the turn, both players checked and Popiyukkul bet the river for 11,000.
Chow made the call but quickly mucked upon being shown by Popiyukkul.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sutipong Popitukkul
|
510,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Hing Yaung Chow
|
430,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Wai Kiat Lee |
500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
Hoang Huy Tran |
500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
Nang Quang Nguyen |
500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
On the river of a board on the feature table, Kok Weng Beh made it 50,000 to go out of the small blind into a pot of around 140,000. Hamish Crawshaw in the big blind then raised to 170,000 and Beh mulled it over for a few seconds before folding.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kok Weng Beh
|
630,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
Hamish Crawshaw |
570,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
What had started with a small three-bet pot and 11,000 invested brought Supitong Popiyukkul and Eng Siang Ewe to the turn. Popiyukkul bet 34,000 and then called a raise to 90,000 by Ewe. They then headed to the river on which Popiyukkul checked again.
Ewe now bet 120,000 only for his table neighbour to check-shove for 279,500 total. One time bank was used by Ewe before he made the call. Popiyukkul tabled the for a flush and that beat the of Ewe.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sutipong Popitukkul
|
945,000
435,000
|
435,000 |
Eng Siang Ewe |
200,000
-270,000
|
-270,000 |
Three ways to the turn, Hing Yaung Chow checked out of the small blind and so did Thanh Duc Ngo. Thinh Thai Chu then bet 25,000 only for Chow to check-raise to 60,000. Ngo stuck around and Chu also called.
The on the river brought the shove by Chow for 238,500 and Ngo quickly let go. Chu was sent deep into the tank as he immediately said "I only lose to king-nine" after which he used five time bank extensions before Chu indeed called.
Chow rolled over the for trips nines and Chu scored the knockout with the for fives full of nines.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Thinh Thai Chu
|
950,000
505,000
|
505,000 |
Thanh Duc Ngo
|
375,000
-105,000
|
-105,000 |
Hing Yaung Chow
|
Busted |
The second casualty of the tournament followed just minutes after the first one. Eng Siang Ewe was moved tables to balance a growing field and tangled in heads-up pot with Hoang Huy Tran.
Ewe fired a triple barrel bluff on the board which culminated in a shove for 147,000 on the river. Tran used two time banks and then called to get shown the for a missed flush draw. That was beaten by the of Tran, who claimed the chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Hoang Huy Tran |
810,000
310,000
|
310,000 |
Eng Siang Ewe | Busted |
Upon completion of the first three levels, 18 players out of 20 entries remain and they have been sent on a scheduled 15-minute break.
Level: 4
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sung Joo Hyun |
500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
Victor Chong |
500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
Hien Van Dang
|
500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |