Timofey Asmolov four-bet all in from the button and Linh Tran was more than happy to snap-call out of the big blind, tabling . Asmolov only had and there was no miracle on the board .
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Antti Halme moved all in and Yo Seb Rhee in the small blind asked for a count. Halme was all in and at risk for 38,900. Rhee folded and Pete Chen in the big blind called.
Celine Lee's flopped nut flush with was more than enough to claim the stack of Xingbiao Zhu, who had set his hopes on a king-high nut flush draw with only to find himself drawing dead. Soon after one table over, the next player would run out of chips.
Lester Edoc got his remaining stack in after the turn of a board with the . Sathesh Muthu turned over the and the river was a blank. Muthu has become the dominating chip leader and there are just 17 players remaining.
Alan Lau kept a short stack for quite some time and eventually moved all in from early position. Fellow Asian Player of the Year leaderboard candidate Sparrow Cheung in the small blind reshoved and the big blind let go.
Alan Lau:
Sparrow Cheung:
The board ran out and the kicker played to eliminate Lau. While Cheung remains below average, he gave Lau one less chance to score vital points.
Until the river of a board , more than 80,000 were in the pot already and Jun Obara moved all in for 135,000. Sparrow Cheung was his only opponent and had six time-bank chips left. He would use the first one, then the second one, and started table chat. "Do you have a jack? Ace-king?"
Obara gave no answer, and Cheung proceeded to use the time bank chips number three, four and five. He saved the last one, though, and ultimately folded, and another player at the table demanded "show the bluff!" Obara did so, flashing , and Cheung sighed loudly.
With two eight-handed tables after the redraw, the action has slowed down significantly and there are no all in and a call everyy other hand. The stacks of Simon Burns and Mansour Matloubi plummeted while Shengyu Li claimed a pot without showdown by betting 40,000 on the river of a board to force a fold from his sole opponent.