On a flop of 
, Michael Frydman had moved all-in, and was matched by Tam Truong.
Frydman showed 
for a flopped straight and led Truong who tabled 
for two pair.
The 
on the turn changed nothing, however, the 
on the river improved Truong to a higher straight and the winning hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
The flop showed 
and 30,000 had accumulated in the pot.
Luke Edwards checked from under the gun. Dinh Pham bet 10,500 from the hijack. Hong Xie called from the button. Edwards folded.
The turn brought the and Pham bet out enough to cover Xie.
"I'm so far behind," announced Xie, before making the call with 29,000 behind.
Pham tabled 
and had a set of sevens. Xie showed 
and needed a king.
"I need a king," pleaded Xie, before the dealer placed the 
on the river.
"I had a king in my hand," added Ash Gupta, meaning Xie indeed hit a one-outer to stay alive.
"You have no more lives for the rest of the tournament," joked Mohammed Elkassir after the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
340,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
110,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
There are no friends at the poker tables, a fact that Mustafa Haidary discovered in a hand against his buddy Mohammed Elkassir with the pair clashing in a hand that saw Haidary hit the rail.
Haidary had flopped top set on a king-high flop, and Elkassir had a big wrap and had picked up a backdoor flush draw on the turn, which is when all the chips went in. This duly came in on the river to send Haidary to the rail and shoot Elkassir up to 419,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
419,000
280,700
|
280,700 |
|
|
Busted |
Two of the tournaments' larger stacks, Jun Wang and Tam Truong, are seated right next to each other and there could well be potential for some fireworks should the due clash in a big pot.
The two recently played a hand, with action picked up on a flop of 
in a three-way pot involving Christos Giannakelos (big blind), who checked the action over to Truong in the cutoff. Truong tossed out a bet of 12,000, with Wang the only caller.
The turn saw the action go check, check, with Truong leading the 
river for 25,000. Wang made a quick call, Truong flashed the 
and Wang rolled over 
for the flopped full house to claim the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
430,000
156,000
|
156,000 |
|
391,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
The floor was just called over to Table 30 to resolve an issue.
The board showed 
and 154,400 had amassed in the pot.
Dai was sitting in the small blind and had exposed two of his cards, the 
an 
.
The problem was that Andrew Hindmarch, the other player in the hand, hadn't actually checked behind.
What had happened was that Hindmarch had lifted his arms up and asked Dai how much he was playing behind before lowering them back down to the table. Dai had taken that as a check and exposed his cards. The floor then ruled that Hindmarch or any other player wouldn't lift their arms up and lower them if they were checking. Instead, they would tap the table.
The option was then given to Hindmarch to continue with the hand.
"You can't call now can you?" sighed Hindmarch, before announcing all-in for 95,200. Dai snap-called with less behind.
Dai tabled 
for a pair of aces.
Hindmarch showed 
for a full house and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
330,000
154,000
|
154,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Malcolm Trayner's tournament is over courtesy of Dinh Pham. With the board reading 
and 85,000 in the pot, Trayner (under-the-gun) fired out for a pot-sized bet leaving himself 35k behind and Pham put him all-in. Trayner made the call for his tournament life and the cards were turned over.
Malcolm Trayner: 
Dinh Pham: 
Both players had turned the straight, but Pham had diamond outs as well, which duly came in on the river to send Trayner to the rail and stack Pham up to 410,000.
With the flop reading and 37,200 in the pot, an interesting three-way hand played out between Mikael Larsson (big blind), Tao Chen (middle position) and Ramin Mansour (cutoff).
There had already been some betting action from the other two before Mansour had moved all-in from the button for ~65,000. Larsson mulled it over for a few seconds before declaring he was all-in as well and sliding out a 100k tower of yellow chips to represent this fact.
This sent the third man in the hand, Tao Chen, deep into the tank, where he remained for several minutes as some of the other players in the tournament wandered over to watch the sizable pot that was brewing. Eventually, Chen folded, telling the table after the hand that he folded the nut flush draw, and Larsson and Mansour turned over their hands.
Mikael Larsson: 
Ramin Mansour:
Larsson grimaced when he saw how bad a shape he was in, with Mansour holding the case five and dominating his set, and the turn and 
river saw the latter scoop the sizable pot - not bad at all when you consider the fact that Mansour returned for Day 2 with just 17,000 in chips.
Mansour stacked up to 160,000 after the hand, while Larsson dropped to 101,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000
143,000
|
143,000 |
|
101,000
-69,000
|
-69,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 0
Kamyar Ekrami made a stylish late entrance, though 2018 PLO runner-up Ben Thurlow probably wishes he hadn't. Ekrami was in the big blind for his first hand of the day
Thurlow was the man driving the action with a pre-flop raise to 6,000 and the freshly arrived Ekrami made the call to take the action heads-up to a 
flop.
This is when all the chips went in; Ekrami checked it over to Thurlow, who continuation bet 9,000. Ekrami busted out the check-raise to 21,000, Thurlow shoved and Ekrami called immediately.
Ben Thurlow: 
Kamyar Ekrami:
Ekrami had flopped the straight and had Thurlow covered and with the turn and river not changing this fact, Thurlow hit the rail and Ekrami stacked up to over 350,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000
86,000
|
86,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Daniel Tan has become one of the more recent casualties, so heres' how some of the 28 remaining players are stacking up just 10 spots off the money:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
306,000
27,800
|
27,800 |
|
|
274,000
92,900
|
92,900 |
|
|
250,000
102,400
|
102,400 |
|
250,000
102,200
|
102,200 |
|
208,000
81,100
|
81,100 |
|
|
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
176,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
|
166,000
-23,400
|
-23,400 |
|
|
156,000
-16,500
|
-16,500 |
|
152,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
|
145,000
700
|
700 |
|
|
131,000
38,300
|
38,300 |
|
123,000
44,800
|
44,800 |
|
|
115,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
112,000
-38,800
|
-38,800 |
|
108,000
46,300
|
46,300 |
|
|
100,000
-22,500
|
-22,500 |
|
92,000
-57,000
|
-57,000 |
|
70,000
-20,500
|
-20,500 |
|
69,000
-5,600
|
-5,600 |
|
|
68,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
Busted |