Hoa Thinh Nguyen raised to 10,000 and Sathesh Kumar Muthu called on the button. The flop fell and Nguyen continued for 10,500, which Muthu called. After the turn, Nguyen checked and Muthu claimed the pot with a bet of 18,000.
Soon after, the duo would clash again when Nguyen defended out of the blinds. Both checked a king-high flop and Nguyen bet a blank on the turn, which Muthun called. After the river, Nguyen bet 40,000 with 80,000 behind and called the shove of Muthu, who tabled ace-ten for the broadway straight. Nguyen mucked and Muthu's stack frew further.
On a flop of , Shengyu Li faced a bet of 25,000 by Timofey Asmolov and moved all in for another 77,500 on top after having used one time-bank extension. Asmolov eventually called and found himself ahead in the following showdown:
Jun Obara had bluffed Sparrow Cheung out of a pot earlier on and it was just fitting that Cheung would lose his remaining chips to Obara.
Cheung moved all in for what appeared to be 30,000 from under the gun and Obara just called in the small blind, which forced a fold from Sathesh Kumar Muthu in the big blind.
Sparrow Cheung:
Jun Obara:
The board came and Cheung failed to get there, he will likely join the Main Event right away to chase elusive points for the APOY leader board.
Simon Burns was all in and at risk preflop and picked up no fewer than two callers in Peter Plater and Timofey Asmolov. The two remaining players checked down the board of and Plater won the tiny side pot of 7,000 with against Asmolov's . However, Burns scored a vital triple up with for the nut flush to remain in contention.
There weren't as many chips in the pot with a continuation bet of 12,000 and a call on the flop and two checks on the turn. Celine Lee bet the river for 22,000 and Timofey Asmolov raised to 45,000. Lee called after brief consideration and Asmolov rolled over for a full house, then quickly said "sorry."
Sathesh Kumar Muthu defended his small blind against a raise by Pete Chen and Sparrow Cheung did so from the big blind. On the flop, Muthu check-raised and quickly called the shove of Chen with .
Chen had pocket kings with the for the better flush draw, however both the turn and the river were blanks to send Chen to the rail and bump Muthu's stack to more than half a million.
Celine Lee raised to 7,200 from early position and Shengyu Li called in the big blind. The flop fell and Li checked, Lee bet 10,000 and that won the pot right there.
Hand 2
Timofey Asmolov made it 10,500 to go from the button and picked up calls by Li and Hermann Lee in the big blind. The flop came and all three players checked. Same repeated on the turn before the river paired the board. The action checked to Asmolov and his bet of 7,200 won the pot without showdown.
Hand 3
Peter Plater raised to 6,500 and both Lee's called in the blinds. On the flop, Hermann Lee was the only one to check-call a continuation bet worth 12,500 by Plater before check-calling another 12,000 on the turn. The duo checked the river and Plater eventually sighed while checking behind. Lee showed and Plater won the pot with , telling his opponent "you are a scary guy."
Sathesh Muthu and Yo Seb Rhee clashed in a smaller pot that saw the former raise and the latter defend his small blind, then check-call a bet of 12,500 on the flop. Both checked down the turn and river and Rhee showed , which Muthu had beat with .
Over on table two, Timofey Asmolov has been doing some work and built his stack further while Linh Tran slipped down by as much. Tran opened to 7,500 in the hijack and Asmolov called in the cutoff. On the flop, Tran's continuation bet worth 10,000 was called before the turn went check, check. Tran also checked the on the river and folded when Asmolov made it 18,000 to go.
and Nguyen continued for 10,500, which Muthu called. After the 
turn, Nguyen checked and Muthu claimed the pot with a bet of 18,000.
river, Nguyen bet 40,000 with 80,000 behind and called the shove of Muthu, who tabled ace-ten for the broadway straight. Nguyen mucked and Muthu's stack frew further.
, Shengyu Li faced a bet of 25,000 by Timofey Asmolov and moved all in for another 77,500 on top after having used one time-bank extension. Asmolov eventually called and found himself ahead in the following showdown:
turn improved Li, and the 
river was a blank.
and Cheung failed to get there, he will likely join the Main Event right away to chase elusive points for the APOY leader board.
and Plater won the tiny side pot of 7,000 with 
against Asmolov's 
river for 22,000 and Timofey Asmolov raised to 45,000. Lee called after brief consideration and Asmolov rolled over 
flop, Muthu check-raised and quickly called the shove of Chen with 
.
turn and the 
and all three players checked. Same repeated on the 
turn. The duo checked the 
river and Plater eventually sighed while checking behind. Lee showed 
turn and 
river and Rhee showed 
.
