Timofey Asmolov previously clashed with Shengyu Li and saw his ace-seven lose against king-queen. Both got their stacks in again just now with very similar hands and it was Asmolov, who raised and ultimately four-bet all in for 118,000. Li followed up his three-bet for a call worth almost one third of his stack and the cards were tabled.
Timofey Asmolov:
Shengyu Li:
The flop took away some outs from Li and Asmolov locked up the double with the on the turn, making the river a formality. "King queen again?" Li was asked and he simply nodded.
While Mansour Matloubi and Peter Plater slipped down further, Jun Obara as one of the other short stacks made a move that eventually paid off. Obara open-shoved for 117,000 from the small blind and Sathesh Muthu called in the big blind.
Jun Obara:
Sathesh Muthu:
The flop didn't change much yet, but Obara improved to a pair of kings on the turn. A blank river ensured the double up and Muthu lost the lead for the first time since mid-way through the first level of the day.
Yo Seb Rhee limped in fromn the small blind and Jun Obara moved all in for mighty 50 big blinds from one seat over. Rhee asked for a count and folded.
Peter Plater shoved a flop of and Simon Burns folded, he was then shown . Plater was relieved and Burns told him "you are only ever gonna get called by a better hand."
Celine Lee open-shoved for around 120,000 and won the blinds and antes, while Plater three-bet all in after a raise to 12,000 by Shengyu Li and a call by Hermann Lee. Li reshoved to force out Lee and Plater chopped it up with versus .
Last but not least, Mansour Matloubi got his last 12 big blinds in and found no caller.
Jun Obara raised to 15,000 and called the shove of short stack Mansour Matloubi for 65,000.
Mansour Matloubi:
Jun Obara:
The board came and Matloubi doubled up.
Hand 2
Picking up the action on the turn, Hermann Lee bet and called a raise to 35,000 by Simon Burns to see the on the river. Now it was Lee that checked and Burns bet 25,000. Lee check-raised to 100,000 and Burns snap-called to see his get cracked by Lee's . Burns was ready to surrender his entire stack, but had in fact another 21,000 behind after the call.
Hand 3
Shengyu Li raised to 12,000 and called the shove of Burns for 20,500, tabling . Burns needed help with and got there on the board .
There are 10 players remaining and they have been sent into a break of as many minutes while the bubble of the unofficial final table remains unbroken.
In the very first hand back from the break, Simon Burns moved all in from the small blind with and Peter Plater called with in the big blind. An ace appeared on the board and Burns was eliminated in 10th place. The remaining nine players combine to the unofficial final table and are sent into a one hour dinner break.
Chip counts and seat assignments of the final nine are to follow.
Shengyu Li raised to 13,000 and Timofey Asmolov called from two seats over. The flop fell and Li continued for 13,000, then joked "friendly" to his opponent. Asmolov raised to 45,000 and returned the "friendly" in table chat with a big grin on the face. Li folded and was shown the .
Jun Obaray raised to 14,000 to win the blinds and antes before Sathesh Muthu's raise to 14,000 was called by Mansour Matloubi. Li moved in from the big blind and won the pot. Celina Lee shoved right after to claim the blinds and antes.
flop took away some outs from Li and Asmolov locked up the double with the 
on the turn, making the 
river a formality. "King queen again?" Li was asked and he simply nodded.
flop didn't change much yet, but Obara improved to a pair of kings on the 
river ensured the double up and Muthu lost the lead for the first time since mid-way through the first level of the day.
.
turn, Hermann Lee bet and called a raise to 35,000 by Simon Burns to see the 
get cracked by Lee's 
. Burns needed help with 
and Peter Plater called with 
in the big blind. An ace appeared on the board and Burns was eliminated in 10th place. The remaining nine players combine to the unofficial final table and are sent into a one hour dinner break.
.