Main Event (16,500 NTD)

Ray Chu is on a tear with two hefty scores driving his stack well past the rest. On his first hand, a pot of 7800 had already been built by the turn 4♠ 8♦ 6♦ J♣ . Zhang Pu Shao bet 5000, Chu check-raised to 17,000, Zhang called. On the river A♦ , Chu jumped out with a shove of 10,300, Zhang looked down at his A♠ 8♣ two pair and could not resist calling. Chu flipped over J♠ J♥ set for the double up.

Next hand. Chu three-bet from the button 2200, early limper Murly Manokharan called while cutoff raiser opted to fold. At the flop A♦ J♦ 9♣ , Manokharan check-called 3000. When the Q♥ landed on the turn, Manokharan shoved his last 12,000 and was given the bad news when caller Chu flipped over A♠ A♣ set well ahead of his Q♦ 6♦ . The river 8♣ failed to produce the flush to dust Manokharan early in the day.

Picking up the action on the river 6♠ 8♣ 3♠ 5♥ 2♠ with 24,000 in the pot we see Murly Manokharan check-jam 73,500 after Erwin Ng wanted 16,000 with 3♦ 3♥ . Deep in the tank, Erwin Ng finds the call and is relieved when Murly Manokharan flips over 2♥ 2♣ to gobble up a pot that catapults him into the lead.

Initiating the action with a 2,000 open from UTG, Murly Manokharan opts to call when faced with a 6,900 three-bet from CO Jonald Garcia to unveil the flop K♠ T♠ J♥ . A 5,000 c-bet gets snap-called for the turn 8♦ to be checked to the river Q♦ that gives both players the nuts with their aces and all the chips go in, just to be separated again when Murly shows A♠ 9♣ and Jonald tables A♣ 7♦ .

Tsang Chi Hang's 2,000 raise from UTG sees both blinds defend for the flop K♠ 4♠ T♥ to be revealed. Checked to the preflop raiser, a 2,000 cbet goes over the line, the SB calls and BB Murly Manokharan raises to 6,000. Still liking his hand, Tsang Chi Hang jams for 26,400 to end the hand right here.

With a 5,400 pot to fight for and 5♣ 3♦ 2♦ already on the board, CO Murly Manokharan leads 3,000, faces a 9,000 raise from our action player Tang Ngong in the SB and announces all-in with 6♠ 6♦ . Tang Ngong goes deep in the tank, but finds a call for his remaining 41,500 with bottom pair and back door flush draw Q♦ 2♠ . The dealer completes the board 5♠ and J♠ to push another massive pot into Murly Manokharan's direction.

With a raise to 600 from CO and a call from the button, SB Tang Ngong three-bets to 3,000 and takes his two opponents to the flop K♣ J♦ 7♦ where he c-bets 3,000. CO Murly Manokharan calls and Wu Chiayun increases to 8,000 which has only the cutoff pay up to see the turn 2♦ that gets checked to complete the board A♠ . Taking over the reins, Murly Manokharan leads 16,000 with A♥ J♣ two pair, gets called and is allowed to scoop the pot against a muck.