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Day 1
Nguyen Thai knocks opponent out
Folded to the hijack, short stacked Kojima Kazuya flicked in his 10,000 and was called by Nguyen Thai behind. Kazuya with A♥ 3♦ was slightly behind Nguyen’s A♠ 7♦ but left potential for a split pot. The board 6♦ 5♦ J♣ J♠ 8♣ however, placed Nguyen’s ace-seven high in play to send Kazuya out.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 165,000(66 BB) | -37,000 | |
busted | -3,000 |
Kojima Kazuya gets crippled
From the cutoff, Kojima Kazuya pushed all-in and was joined by big blind Chau Chung Yiu Clement with a lesser 37,000 stack.
Kojima A♣ J♦ Chau J♣ J♥
A queen high board 6♠ Q♣ 5♣ 4♥ 7♠ spared no bad beats for Chau as he takes down the 31 BB pot. Kojima survives but is crippled down to 1 BB.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 77,500(31 BB) | 77,500 | |
| 3,000(1 BB) | -77,000 |
Aces cracked for Long Ta Dinh
Utg+1 Kojima Kazuya opened to 3,000 and called off Long Ta Dinh’s 27,000 all-in.
Long A♣ A♠ Kojima T♣ T♦
In with the best hand, Long suffered a terrible bad beat after the board K♥ 8♠ J♦ T♠ 3♠ faced up another ten for his elimination.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 80,000(53 BB) | 80,000 | |
busted |