Mikita Badziakouski and Devan Tang ended up all in preflop, both playing exactly the same chip-stack of 268,000.
Tang trailed with 
against 
and he was drawing dead on the turn of the 
board, losing his final bullet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
561,000
326,000
|
326,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
After a limp from Jason Koon with 
, Ivan Leow moved all in holding 
for 412,000. Ben Lamb woke up behind with 
and everyone else folded, leaving the two heads up for a monster pot.
The flop came out 
giving Leow the lead with two pair. The turn was the 
changing nothing and the river was the 
filling Leow up to a boat. With that he doubled up to over 800,000 while Lamb was left with just 23,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
823,000
203,000
|
203,000 |
|
23,000
-292,000
|
-292,000 |
|
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In a limped pot, Mikita Badziakouski, Gabe Patgorski and Alan Sass made it to the 
turn. Badziakouski checked, Patgorski fired 25,000 and Sass called on the button. Badziakouski, however, countered with a check-raise to 140,000, earning a call from Patgorski. Sass got out of the way.
The 
river was checked by both players and Badziakouski flashed what looked like a missed straight draw. Patgorski turned up 
and raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,050,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
430,000
-131,000
|
-131,000 |
|
|
||
After a limp from Marius Torbergsen holding 
, Wai Kin Yong raised to 45,000 with 
. Phil Ivey was on the button with and he raised to 200,000. Wai Kin Yong moved all in for 1,318,000 and Ivey called, putting himself at risk for about 775,000.
The board ran out 
and Yong hit a one outer, as Torbergsen was holding the other queen, to make a full house and earn the pot. Ivey was eliminated from the tournament, giving Yong a massive stack of over 2 million chips.
"See ya," Ivey said on his way out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,115,000
831,000
|
831,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Picking up the action on the flop of 
, there was around 500,000 already in the pot and Peter Jetten checked under the gun. His left-hand opponent Chan Wai Leong also tapped the felt and Xuan Tan fired 230,000 from the cutoff. Both Jetten and Chan released their hands and Tan scooped the sizeable pot to improve his stack to 1.7 million or so.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,700,000
1,060,000
|
1,060,000 |
|
880,000
-289,000
|
-289,000 |
|
595,000
-273,000
|
-273,000 |
Paul Phua was all in for 225,000, facing off against Chan Wai Leong in what would be considered a classic race in no-limit hold'em.
Phua:
Chan:
Phua got the best of the 
board, spiking a king on the flop to secure a double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
475,000
475,000
|
475,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
360,000
-235,000
|
-235,000 |
Under the gun, Phil Ivey checked on the 
flop and Chan Wai Leong fired 30,000 in the cutoff. Paul Phua called on the button and Ivey check-shoved for 420,000. Chan called for about 330,000 total and Phua let his hand go.
Chan:
Ivey:
The left Chan drawing dead and Ivey raked in the pot, eliminating his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
850,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Mikita Badziakouski came back with the shortest stack but the first hour of play saw him sky-rocket close to the chip lead. Badziakouski won several decent pots but neither was as big as the latest one.
We caught the action on the 
flop with four people contesting the pot. Alan Sass bet 80,000 in the cutoff, Badziakouski called on the button and Gabe Patgorski joined them to the turn while Wang Qiang folded his hand.
The turn was checked to Badziakouski who fired 200,000. Only Sass stuck around, calling and they came to the river.
Sass checked and Badziakouski jammed for about 700,000, having his opponent covered. Sass extended his allotted time to make a decision and then made the call.
Badziakouski showed for a flopped straight and Sass mucked his hand before leaving his seat. Badziakouski claimed the huge pot and improved to just under 2 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,950,000
1,520,000
|
1,520,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Wai Kin Yong limped in the cutoff with and Tom Dwan checked his option on the button with .
The flop was and Yong led out with a bet of 20,000 which Dwan called.
The turn was the , giving Dwan his straight. Yong checked his option and Dwan put out a bet of 40,000. Yong called.
The river was the and Dwan put out another bet of 100,000. Yong tanked for a while before he called. Dwan showed down his straight, and it was good to scoop the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,900,000
-215,000
|
-215,000 |
|
1,000,000
614,000
|
614,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 6,000
