On the heads-up flop of , Sam Polishetty got the remainder of his short stack in with the and found a single caller with . Both the turn and river changed nothing whatsoever and Polishetty doubled to just shy of the starting stack.
Yo Seb Rhee has far more than that, the player from Japan appears to be the current chip leader. The cutoff raised to 1,500 and Rhee called on the button, as did the small blind. The flop fell and the cutoff continued for 2,000, which both opponents called. Afterthe turn, the action checked to Rhee and hisbet of 6,000 was called by the cutoff only.
Rhee's valuebet of 12,500 on the river once again received a call and he turned over for a straight to rake in a decent pot.
The initial raise by Zhi Han Neo had already been pulled in with three callers behind and Ern Boon Chiew moved all in from the big blind for 11,525 on top. Neo and the cutoff folded, while Hassen Judeh called from the button to force out the small blind.
Ern Boon Chiew:
Hassen Judeh:
"That's my dealer, come on," Judeh said, but the board ran out to see Chiew double up. "Oh well, it's just a small one," Judeh added and counted his stack that had recently propelled nicely.
Vijay Narula's third attempt for the day may very well turn out to be the golden one as he just got up to three times the starting stack. On a flop of , he got it in with against the of Thai Loc Le. The latter had a ton of outs, but the turn and river were both blanks.
James Mendoza bet the turn out of the big blind for 2,000 and his sole opponent raised to 5,000, which Mendoza called. The river was checked by both players and Mendoza immediately sighed, then flashed for a flush. His opponent was equally frustrated but for different reasons, as he mucked the for trips fives.
Mendoza moved up to two times the starting stack, which Jun Obara also has on the same table. However, Obara needed three bullets on Day 1c alone to do so and doubled minutes after sitting down with a fresh stack.
Kunal Patni chopped when he got his stack in with versus on a king-nine high board and has around half the starting stack. High Roller Shot Clock champion Peter Plater also dropped quite a few chips as of lately and has less than the starting stack.
Plater raised from under the gun and picked up two callers in Pranay Kapoor and fellow Aussie Mazyar Misaghian in the big blind. The flop fell and Kapoor was the only caller of Plater's continuation bet. On the turn, Plater bet 4,000 and snap-folded to the shove of Kapoor.
Misaghian has taken over the lead on the table from Kai Loon Ang and appears to be the overall chip leader in level seven as of now.
Malaysia's Ming Kee Liow three-bet all in for his last 2,900 from the button and picked up no fewer than three callers. The flop fell and Sung Ho Kim check-called a bet of 1,100 by John Beveridge, whereas the fourth player in the hand folded. Kim and Beveridge then checked down the turn and river.
Kim flashed for ace-high and Beveridge had for queen-high and a busted straight draw. "You are good," he said over to Liow, who then peeked at his cards and held them up. "No, I need one more card," Liow said and showed for just eight-high before heading to the rail.
Beveridge is the biggest stack on his table, while Kim moved back to just over the starting stack.
Among those to bust late in level seven were Badri Kedar Gosavi, Iori Yogo and Flo Campomanes. The latter is 8th in the all time money list of the Philippines and may be back in action soon.
Shengyu Li also busted, but opted to fire another bullet already to rejoin the action.