Main Event

Utg+2 Edilberto Gopez opened and called off for his 10 BB stack with A♣ Q♥ and found himself in rough shape against chip leader Shin Hyeonho’s Q♦ Q♣ . Drawing slim, the queen high board 6♠ 7♥ Q♠ 6♦ T♣ offered no help for Gopez, leaving him to exit the Main Event arena.

Utg+1 Liu Zhiqiang opened to 7,500 and called a 21,000 three bet from Edilberto Gopez behind. On flop J♠ T♣ 3♣ , Liu went with a check call for 18,000 and headed to turn A♥ . Gopez fired another 30,000 yet folded shortly after Liu moved all-in for his remaining 35,000.

Edilberto Gopez completed his big blind against utg Nguyen Andrew’s open and saw flop 5♣ J♦ 9♠ . Checked to Nguyen, he bet 5,000 and called Gopez’ raise for 7,000 more. Turn 3♠ saw Gopez fire 23,000 and a final 37,500 on river 5♦ . Nguyen called both streets with T♥ 9♥ and was crushed to see his opponent’s better J♠ 9♣ .

Utg+2 Arberg Mads Andahl completed his open against Edilberto Gopez’ three bet to 11,000 and headed to flop 9♠ 2♠ T♥ . Checked to Gopez, he continued for 15,000 yet quickly gave up the fight after his opponent raised all-in.

Utg+2 Shin Hyeonho opened to 1,000, joined by three players on flop T♠ T♥ 6♣ . Board is checked through, peeling turn Q♣ . Checked to Shin, he bets 1,500 and is met with a raise to 5,500 from big blind Edilberto Gopez. Shin min clicks to 10,500, called by his opponent. Gopez shoves all-in for 23,700 on river 4♥ and Shin makes the final call. Gopez shows full house T♣ Q♠ , crushing Shin’s A♦ Q♥ entirely.