Level: 5
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Level: 5
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
The live stream action is now underway with a delay of 30 minutes. China's Zhi Yi Ning holds a short stack while Chi Zhang is near the top of the leaderboard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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970,000
495,000
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495,000 |
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730,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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616,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
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554,000
16,000
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16,000 |
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489,000
11,000
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11,000 |
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361,000
139,000
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139,000 |
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78,500
421,500
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421,500 |
Eng Siang Ewe three-bet to 18,000 in the cutoff and Thanh Duc Ngo then cold four-bet jammed out of the big blind. The initial raiser folded and the action was then back on Ewe. He tanked for a while but called with the slightly superior stack size.
Thanh Duc Ngo: ![]()
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Eng Siang Ewe: ![]()
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"I win!" Ngo predicted and was correct as the board ran out ![]()
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, leaving Ewe's second bullet with a short stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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815,000
440,000
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440,000 |
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75,000
405,000
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405,000 |
After the first break, numerous players entered the field and the screens currently show 29 players out of 31 entries remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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500,000 | |
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500,000 | |
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500,000 | |
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500,000 | |
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500,000 | |
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500,000 | |
A large pot was brewing on the outer tables and that led to 115,000 each invested on the ![]()
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turn. On the
river, Dung Tien Pham checked and Thinh Thai Chu bet 200,000 to win the pot uncontested.
In the meanhile, Eng Siang Ewe has re-entered to the same table with a fresh stack of half a million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,100,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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480,000
480,000
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480,000 |
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420,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Victor Chong started before the break but didn't get involved in the action just yet. His third hand in the tournament took place after the tournament resumed and he check-called a bet worth 26,000 by Dung Tien Pham on the ![]()
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turn. Chong also checked the
river and Pham checked it back.
Chong revealed the ![]()
and that won he pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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620,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
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540,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
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500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
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500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
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810,000
310,000
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310,000 |
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Busted |