Michael Falcon and Segundo Barte got all the chips in on a flop of ![]()
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set leading against Falcon’s ![]()
with the
turn and
river double Barte to 250,000 while Falcon dropped to 2.1 million.
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Mike Takayama raised to 46,000 and Corbin White moved all in. Duc Nguyen reshoved all in from the small blind and Takayama folded.
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flop vaulted Nguyen in the lead, but the
turn secured the double for White. A meaningless
river completed the board and White doubled for 291,000.
We picked up the action on the flop in a big pot between Andre Peters and Hoa Thinh Nguyen with over 550,000 in the pot and the board reading ![]()
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just as Peters checked the action over to Nguyen.
The Vietnamese player fired out a bet of 125,000 and Peters made the call to keep both players in action and the
hit the turn, bringing checks from each.
The
river completed a possible heart flush and Peters fired for 280,000.
“Flush?” asked Nguyen, but Peters remained silent and the Vietnamese player mucked to drop down to 1.14 million and Peters climbed to 1.6 million.
Hoa Thinh Nguyen raised to 50,000 from the button and Michael Falcon in the small blind three-bet to 125,000. Nguyen four-bet to 400,000 and Falcon quickly folded.
Then, over on table one, Mike Takayama pushed from the small blind and Corbin White called for his last 146,000 in the big blind.
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flop left White with barely any hope, but the American picked up some outs with the
turn. A miracle
river gave White a straight and he scored an unexpected double.
A short-stacked Jongyoung Moon moved all in for what appeared to be 300,000 and the action folded to Michael Falcon in the big blind, who quickly called.
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flop failed to improve Moon, and the
turn took away one of his outs. It was all over for the Korean on the
river and he bowed out in 22nd place.
Antti Halme got through with a shove to claim a pot uncontested and Shinji Katsushima did so after Mark Amparo raised to 50,000 and Uday Bansal called. Katshushima shoved for 263,000 over the top from the big blind and both players folded.
Then, Chi Thinh Nguyen opened to 50,000 and Yo Seb Rhee defended the big blind. The flop fell ![]()
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and Rhee check-called a bet worth 80,000. Both then checked the
turn and
river, and Rhee announced a ten to win the pot with ![]()
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Uday Bansal raised to 45,000 from the cutoff and Shinji Katsushima called in the big blind. Katsushima check-called a bet worth 60,000 on the ![]()
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flop and check-raised the
turn from 125,000 to 300,000 with about as much behind. Bansal moved all in and the Japanese folded.
Andre Peters opened the action with a raise 45,000 from under-the-gun and action folded around to Sam Razavi on the button who re-raised to 112,000 and the action was on Jongyoung Moon in the small blind.
Moon tanked for several minutes before moving all-in for 169,000 in total. Peters quickly folded and Razavi made a quick call.
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Moon was ahead and the ![]()
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kept him in the lead. The
turn changed nothing and the
river saw Moon double to 350,000 while Razavi dropped to 660,000.
In a battle of the blinds, Chi Thinh Nguyen and Sejin Park went several bets through to the river of a board ![]()
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and Nguyen called the shove of Park, who had flopped two pair with ![]()
. Nguyen was ahead preflop, fell behind on the flop, but eventually claimed the pot with ![]()
to eliminate Park in 23rd place.
Duc Nguyen made it 40,000 from the cutoff and small blind Vikram Palanisamy moved all-in from the small blind for 314,000 and got a quick call.
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Palanisamy was ahead and pulled further in front after spiking top set on the ![]()
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flop with the
turn giving the Indian player the full house and locking in the double-up. Palanisamy climbed to 650,000 while Nguyen dropped to 600,000.