Kok Weng Beh raised to 40,000 from under the gun and Stephen Nathan three-bet jammed for 300,000 on the button. William Teoh asked for a count out of the small blind but folded while Beh called.
Stephen Nathan: A♥Q♥
Kok Weng Beh: A♣Q♦
Beh had two flush draws but Nathan hit gin with the 7♥6♥2♥ flop, making the 7♠ turn and 4♥ river a formality.
David Erquiaga struck back against Emmanuel Segismundo when he raised a river bet worth 135,000 by his opponent on a J♥9♣2♣Q♣6♣ board. Erquiaga made it 310,000 to go and Segismundo folded after a long tank.
During that tank, Darren Yu jammed out of the small blind and Stephen Nathan called all-in out of the big blind.
Stephen Nathan: 4♥4♣
Darren Yu: 7♥6♦
Yu was happy he had a flip but Nathan made quads on the K♦10♥5♦4♦4♠ runout.
Over on table three, Won Jae Lee remained the chip leader by some margin while especially Joven Huerto chipped up without a showdown. Wee Shen Tay bet-folded twice to aggression as he dropped below 20 big blinds.
In the latest hand, David Erquiaga on the button made it 85,000 to go on a Q♣J♥2♣ flop. Emmanuel Segismundo in the hijack check-raised to 220,000 and Erquiaga folded.
Henrik Tollefsen had been moving tables a lot but his stack dropped slightly.
Back on the feature table, he raised to 40,000 with the Q♠10♠ and Tor Welo defended the J♦2♦ from the big blind. The A♠Q♦4♠ flop was checked by Welo and he folded to a bet of 40,000.
Shortly after losing almost his entire stack, Sriharsha Doddapaneni pushed for 110,000 and earned a call from Valeriy Pak.
Sriharsha Doddapaneni: 3♦3♥
Valeriy Pak: A♠2♦
The end for the poker pro from India was a cruel one as his pocket pair was counterfeited on the K♥10♣5♦10♠K♣ runout, as he had to settle for 22nd place.
Over on the feature table, Terrence Dizon defended the big blind with the 4♠2♠ against a raise by Edwin Dela Cruz. He check-raised on the 5♥3♠3♦ flop and got it in for 275,000 on the 2♦ turn for the 275,000 he had behind.
The pair and straight draw had several outs against Dela Cruz with the K♥K♦ for the overpair.
However, the Q♦ river was not among them and that spelled the end for Dizon in 23rd place.
Wee Shen Tay bet the 10♣8♥4♥9♥2♣ river for 60,000 out of the big blind. David Erquiaga raised to 210,000 out of the cutoff and Tay reluctantly folded.
On the other outer table, Kok Weng Beh tangled with Sriharsha Doddapaneni and bet the J♦10♠8♦A♥Q♦ river. Doddapaneni jammed with the covering stack and Beh called for 430,000 with the 6♦4♦ for a flush. Doddapaneni only tabled the Q♣10♦ and stumbled to a mere five blinds.
William Teoh raised to 40,000 and Nicola Montalbano three-bet to 90,000 from one seat over. Dinh Manh Hung then four-bet jammed for 205,000 in the big blind. Teoh reluctantly folded and Montalbano instantly called.
Dinh Manh Hung: A♣K♠
Nicola Montalbano: A♥A♠
The K♦7♦6♣A♦3♥ turn brought no help to Hung and he became the 24th place finisher.
Sriharsha Doddapaneni raised to 40,000 and Ricardo Torres jammed for what appeared to be 170,000 in the cutoff. William Teoh on the button got it in for the last 190,000 and Doddapaneni called.
Ricardo Torres: 10♦10♣
William Teoh: 6♦6♥
Sriharsha Doddapaneni: 10♠10♥
The 9♣3♠2♠9♥6♠ board provided the miracle full house for Teoh and he celebrated it for the entire room to hear.
Soon after that, there was also an elimination on the feature table and that brought the field down to the last 24 players.
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
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