Sparrow Cheung got his stack in the middle on a flop of from the big blind against a single opponent in the cutoff who had him covered.
Cheung:
Cutoff:
Cheung was ahead with the better ace and the turn gave him Broadway, leaving his opponent with zero outs to win the pot outright and just three for a chop, but the river put Broadway on board and meant the two players would split the pot.
Justin Chan bet 51,000 in the cutoff on a bone-dry board. Shigeho Yoshioka made the call after some thought on the button, and Chan showed for top-top to take it down.
With about 45,000 chips already in the middle on a flop of , Weikuo Hsiao bet 18,000 from late middle position and Ivan Leow, who was next to act in the hijack, raised to 50,000. Hsiao shoved, Leow called to put him at risk, and the two players tabled their hands.
Hsiao:
Leow:
Hsiao was ahead with his overpair but needed to fade an ace or spade since Leow had the nut flush draw. The on the turn changed nothing and the river gave Hsiao the nut boat to take the pot for the double-up.
Joshua Lebowitz was all in and at risk from the hijack when we got to his table. He had and Duming Tsai had in the small blind, slightly covering Lebowitz's 90,000. The board ran out , no help to Lebowitz.
Taro Kimura shoved from the cutoff for his last 35,000 and was called by Yutaro Sukegawa in the small blind.
Kimura:
Sukegawa:
Kimura had the preflop advantage with the better ace but needed his hand to hold up in order to preserve his tournament life. The flop came to pair Sukegawa's ten, giving him the lead and leaving Kimura in bad shape. The on the turn changed nothing and the on the river sealed the deal to give Sukegawa the pot and eliminate Kimura to break the money bubble.
Linh Tran got his entire stack of 22,500 in the middle before the flop against a player in middle position who had him covered by a wide margin.
Tran:
Opponent:
Tran had the preflop advantage with his jacks but needed to fade an ace in order to avoid being eliminated on the money bubble. The board ran out and Tran took the pot to double up.
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from the big blind against a single opponent in the cutoff who had him covered.
turn gave him Broadway, leaving his opponent with zero outs to win the pot outright and just three for a chop, but the 
river put Broadway on board and meant the two players would split the pot.
board. Shigeho Yoshioka made the call after some thought on the button, and Chan showed 
for top-top to take it down.
, Weikuo Hsiao bet 18,000 from late middle position and Ivan Leow, who was next to act in the hijack, raised to 50,000. Hsiao shoved, Leow called to put him at risk, and the two players tabled their hands.
on the turn changed nothing and the 
river gave Hsiao the nut boat to take the pot for the double-up.
and Duming Tsai had 
on the river sealed the deal to give Sukegawa the pot and eliminate Kimura to break the money bubble.
