Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
The field has grown to a total of 87 entries so far and three players have been eliminated, one of which was sporting a Pokemon outfit and card protector. The other one was eliminated by MA-SA-TO when J♦9♣ for flopped trips jacks was no good.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
59,500
59,500
|
59,500 |
In a four-bet pot to the A♣8♦3♣ flop, Tatsuro checked and faced a bet of 3,000. He opted for a check-raise to 10,000 and that did the trick to win the pot uncontested.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Picking up the action on the K♦Q♠2♥3♦ turn, the under-the.gun player bet 2,000 and PURIN SYOGUN called. Steve Van Maanen tank-folded on the button and the big blind folded.
The 7♠ river was checked and PURIN SYOGUN was shown A♦Q♦ for second pair, which he had beat with the K♣J♥ for top pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
32,500
2,000
|
2,000 |
irom opened the action with a raise to 700 and Tatsuro three-bet to 2,000. One player cold-called behind before irom squeezed it back up to force out Tatsuro. The other player got it in with A♦J♥ and irom snapped it off holding the A♥A♣. There was only one jack on the turn and that sent yet another player to the rail in the early stages.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
58,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Another player to have benefitted from an early knockout is Yuya, who flipped out one of his table neighbours with A♦J♥ versus 2♣2♠ thanks to a board of A♠9♠5♣Q♠K♥. Yuya won a couple of pots later thereafter and moved to more than two times the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
The second casualty of the day happened on table 404 and HEROES was the one to claim the stack. Up next, tensaidaichan2 knocked out a new arrival when his 10♥9♠ rivered a jack-high straight to beat 5♦5♠ on an ace-high board with plenty of over-cards to the fives.
Last but not least, the J♦5♥ of Ryuichiro rivered trips fives when all the chips went in to crack the 10♥10♠ of another player to make it three casualties on this table and soon new entries to fill the void.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
64,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
|
62,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
|
56,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
YUKI the Ultimate Weapon opened to 1,000 on the button and the small blind three-bet to 4,000. What followed was the shove by the initial raiser for 18,500 with the A♠K♦ and YUYA the Ultimate Weapon was up against K♥Q♦.
The 7♦5♠3♠A♦Q♠ board locked up the double on the turn and he smirked when showing the game ID alias. Let's see how far the "ultimate weapon" will go today.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
37,500
37,500
|
37,500 |
There was a squeeze to 3,600 in front of Hiroyuki and he then faced a reraise to 13,500 by the player to his right. What followed was the shove by Hiroyuki and the quick call to reveal one of the most classic coolers in Texas Hold'em tournament poker.
Hiroyuki's A♣A♠ were up against K♥K♣ and the A♥10♣3♠2♦7♣ board further improved him to top set to double for 34,200.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
69,000 |