The action started with a raise to 2,000 by Joseph Magnotti in middle position. Anthony Gabitan then pushed all-in for his short stack worth 11,300 on the button and the blinds folded, as Magnotti made the call.
Anthony Gabitan: A♥Q♣
Joseph Magnotti: 8♣8♥
The A♠9♠3♦Q♠2♠ board delivered both overcards for Gabitan, while Magnotti sighed loudly.
Three ways to the 9♥5♦3♦ flop, the action checked to Joshua Chun and he bet 7,000 on the button. Po Hsiun Liao raised big in the small blind for Noel Araniel to tank-fold his cutoff and Chun quickly called all-in.
Joshua Chun: A♠A♣
Po Hsiun Liao: Q♥Q♣
"Lady please," Liao demanded and the wish was instantly granted with the Q♠ turn, the 8♦ river was then a blank.
"Nice hand ... that was quick," Chun sighed after he had entered only a few minutes ago.
Gary Thompson was unable to run up the miracle chip and a chair comeback and subsequently re-entered, after which he ran up a profit pretty quickly.
He also gained some value from Paul Fontan Castrillon just now after defending the big blind. Thompson bet the turn and river of a 8♥6♦4♦5♣6♣ board for 1,500 and 2,000 respectively. Fontan Castrillon paid it off and mucked when he was shown the 9♦8♠ for eights and sixes.
Richard Sheils had dropped to half the starting stack and then got it in via classic flip for his tournament life. The Brit was up against the 9♠9♥ and had two overcards at his disposal with the K♣J♦.
One of them came on the J♠6♦4♠8♣4♣ board for Sheils to stay in contention.
Just before all the players had gone on the break, a preflop raising war got all of the chips into the middle between two players from South Korea. Wee Lee Lim was the covering stack with 39,500 and had the superior pocket pair as well against Jeseung Lee.
Jeseung Lee: J♦J♠
Wee Lee Lim: Q♥Q♠
There was no upset on the 6♣4♦4♠6♠5♣ runout and that spelled the end for Lee.
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Out of a field of 225 entries, just some 170 players remain and the overall field has already surpassed 350 entries. The PHP20,000,000 guarantee has already been eclipsed and the late registration for 1b is open for another three levels and 50-minute dinner break.
Vietnam's Linh Ran Nguyen has been followed by media from her home country and she has also been recording the action on her table with a GoPro camera. One of the latest hands for the footage brought an all-in showdown in which her A♠Q♣ made aces up on a board of A♥K♦8♠2♦K♣ and that was good enough for a knockout.
Despite winning all-in contest, Nguyen remains just above the starting stack.
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