The feature table brought yet another all-in and call, this time it was Malaysia's Wee Shen Tay who got it in for 230,000 and Alessandro Taranto looked him up.
Wee Shen Tay: 9♥9♣
Alessandro Taranto: A♥K♥
The pair remained ahead on the 10♦5♠3♦ flop but the A♦ turn improved Taranto, who held onto the lead on the J♠ river.
Having lost a pot to the wheel of Won Jae Lee, Joven Huerto was all-in for 11 blinds in the small blind and Czar Ian Marcos called out of the big blind with the superior stack.
Joven Huerto: A♥7♥
Czar Ian Marcos: K♠9♦
The board ran out J♣7♦3♣8♦9♥ and the nine on the river spelled the end for Huerto in 19th place.
Alessandro Taranto called a bet of 90,000 by Anthony Tacda on the A♣5♥4♠4♦K♦ river and was only briefly shown the cards by Tacda, as he held the winning hand with the A♥9♠ for aces and fours. Taranto increased his seven-figure stack, now holding two times as many chips as his opponent.
Over on the feature table, one of the short stacks was all-in and at risk. Emmanuel Segismundo pushed for 320,000 and David Erquiaga looked him up out of the small blind with a reshove to isolate.
Emmanuel Segismundo: A♥9♠
David Erquiaga: J♦J♣
The ace gained some equity until the 5♦5♠2♥4♥ turn but the Q♦ river was a blank, sending Segismundo to the payout desk in 20th place.
Emmanuel Segismundo raised to 55,000 with the A♣10♥ and Won Jae Lee called with the 8♠7♠ in the hijack. Segismundo bet the J♦9♣7♣ flop for 30,000 and the 9♦ turn for 155,000, both of which Lee called.
After the 6♣ river, Segismundo checked and folded to a shove by Lee.
Anton Del Rosario defended the big blind against William Teoh and then jammed the A♠A♥6♣ flop for 75,000. Teoh pondered about the move for a short while and folded.
On the other outer table, Edwin Dela Cruz check-called a bet by Tor Welo on the K♥9♣3♦ flop, which led them to the J♠ turn. Dela Cruz checked again, Welo bet around 150,000 and took it down.
Darren Yu raised to 50,000 in the hijack with 30,000 behind. William Teoh three-bet on the button and Yu called all-in.
Darren Yu: 8♠8♣
William Teoh: J♠J♦
The dominated pair was drawing dead on turn of the 10♣6♦4♠J♣6♣ board to send Yu out in 21st place, ensuring a pay jump for everyone else.
Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Below are the updated counts and respective big blinds for the next level. The feature table will be switched and now features five contenders from the Philippines, headlined by David Erquiaga.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FT | 1 | David Erquiaga | Philippines | 1,035,000 | 41 |
| FT | 2 | Joven Huerto | Philippines | 610,000 | 24 |
| FT | 3 | Czar Ian Marcos | Philippines | 1,070,000 | 43 |
| FT | 4 | Wee Shen Tay | Malaysia | 300,000 | 12 |
| FT | 5 | Terry Gonzaga | Philippines | 360,000 | 14 |
| FT | 6 | Emmanuel Segismundo | Philippines | 505,000 | 20 |
| FT | 7 | ||||
| FT | 8 | Won Jae Lee | South Korea | 1,620,000 | 65 |
| 2 | 1 | Suya Lee | South Korea | 305,000 | 12 |
| 2 | 2 | ||||
| 2 | 3 | Edwin Dela Cruz | Philippines | 1,675,000 | 67 |
| 2 | 4 | Henrik Tollefsen | Norway | 500,000 | 20 |
| 2 | 5 | Alessandro Taranto | Italy | 1,020,000 | 41 |
| 2 | 6 | Ryan McAllister | United States | 570,000 | 23 |
| 2 | 7 | Anthony Tacda | Philippines | 960,000 | 38 |
| 2 | 8 | Tor Welo | Norway | 660,000 | 26 |
| 3 | 1 | Stephen Nathan | United Kingdom | 650,000 | 26 |
| 3 | 2 | William Teoh | Malaysia | 640,000 | 26 |
| 3 | 3 | Nicola Montalbano | Italy | 760,000 | 30 |
| 3 | 4 | Kok Weng Beh | Malaysia | 680,000 | 27 |
| 3 | 5 | Valeriy Pak | Belarus | 830,000 | 33 |
| 3 | 6 | Anton Del Rosario | United States | 120,000 | 5 |
| 3 | 7 | ||||
| 3 | 8 | Darren Yu | Philippines | 80,000 | 3 |
The live stream will be running for another 30 minutes but all 21 contestants are already on a scheduled 50-minute dinner break until approximately 7.22 pm local time.
Once play resumes, all PokerNews updates will continue in real time until the final two table redraw.
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