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 ![]()
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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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
510,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
430,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
On the river of a ![]()
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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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
630,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
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 ![]()
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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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
945,000
435,000
|
435,000 |
|
|
200,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
Three ways to the ![]()
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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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
950,000
505,000
|
505,000 |
|
|
375,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
|
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 ![]()
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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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
810,000
310,000
|
310,000 |
|
|
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
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|
|
500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |