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Day 2
Romain Bier doubles through Rick Jason Ambata
Cutoff Rick Jason Ambata bumps it up to 125,000, big blind Romain Bier defends, then proceedds to check-call the flop and turn A♣ 8♦ 6♥ 2♠ , 125,000 and 120,000 bets. On the river 4♦ , Bier checks, Ambata jams, Bier calls for all of his chips and gets paid with A♠ 8♠ two pair beating Ambata’s A♥ 7♦ .
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 2,900,000(48 BB) | 1,400,000 | |
| 75,000(1 BB) | -1,925,000 |
Good pot for Rick Jason Ambata
Blinds head to the flop Q♥ 5♦ 7♥ then both check. On the turn 8♦ , Rick Jason Ambata leads out 60,000, big blind Truon Vu Tuan Khanh raises 250,000, Ambata calls. On the river 9♠ , Ambata makes it 475,000 to go, Truong calls. Ambata has 6♦ T♦ flush, Truong mucks.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 2,000,000(40 BB) | 1,000,000 |
Final 18 players
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 3,000,000(60 BB) | ||
| 2,100,000(42 BB) | 800,000 | |
| 2,000,000(40 BB) | 200,000 | |
| 1,500,000(30 BB) | 500,000 | |
| 1,250,000(25 BB) | -540,000 | |
| 1,000,000(20 BB) | 170,000 | |
| 700,000(14 BB) | 700,000 | |
| 650,000(13 BB) | -30,000 | |
| 500,000(10 BB) | -470,000 |
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 2,400,000(48 BB) | -600,000 | |
| 1,600,000(32 BB) | 200,000 | |
| 1,500,000(30 BB) | 1,413,000 | |
| 1,400,000(28 BB) | -400,000 | |
| 850,000(17 BB) | -105,000 | |
| 650,000(13 BB) | 350,000 | |
| 485,000(10 BB) | 485,000 | |
| 225,000(5 BB) | -225,000 | |
| 200,000(4 BB) | -600,000 |
Big hands clash
Heavy preflop betting war starts with utg raising to 80,000, utg+1 Rick Jason Ambata thee-bets 185,000, button Le Manh Cuong four-bets 400,000, big blind Lee Hyun Dong shoves 550,000, utg folds, Ambata six-bet shoves, and Le calls.
Lee A♣ A♦ Ambata T♠ T♣ Le Q♦ Q♠
The board runs 8♣ 3♣ 4♥ A♥ T♦ . Lee’s set dominates Ambata’s set to triple up. Le loses the side pot to Ambata.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,790,000(45 BB) | 1,410,000 | |
| 1,400,000(35 BB) | -400,000 | |
| 830,000(21 BB) | -1,370,000 |
Rick Jason Ambata lucks out on the river, Nog Minh Tien in disbelief
Utg+2 Ngo Minh Tien K♥ J♥ opens and big blind Rick Jason Ambata Q♠ T♦ defends. Minh Tien c-bets the flop {jqh} 9♦ 2♦ and is check-called. On the turn T♥ , both improve. Minh Tien bets 95,000 for his straight, Ambata check-raises 300,000 for his two pair, Minh Tien jams for 500,000, Ambata calls. The river T♠ completes a full house for Ambata to boot out the shocked Minh Tien.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 2,200,000(73 BB) | 700,000 | |
busted |
Break time, 30 players remaining
Top 5 at the break:
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 2,400,000(96 BB) | -100,000 | |
| 1,800,000(72 BB) | 1,800,000 | |
| 1,500,000(60 BB) | 200,000 | |
| 1,400,000(56 BB) | 550,000 | |
| 1,150,000(46 BB) | 1,150,000 |
Three way cooler catapults Rick Jason Ambata as two go bust
Three way all in showdown, Chen Dong Q♥ Q♦ , Matthew Bevin T♣ T♠ , Rick Jason Ambata A♥ A♣ . The board comes 2♦ 7♥ 8♠ 6♥ K♠ , Ambata sweeps and knocks out two in one go.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,300,000(65 BB) | 700,000 | |
busted | ||
busted | -715,000 |
Rick Jason Ambata delivers a bad beat to Le Giang Nam
Facing a raise, utg+1 Rick Jason Ambata three-bets 75,000, small blind Le Giang Nam four-bets all in 220,000, initial raiser folds, Ambata calls then finds his 9♦ 9♣ is behind Le’s J♠ J♣ . Thing’s quickly switch up when the flop drops Ambata’s two-outer 9♠ 8♦ Q♣ , then with the turn K♣ and river 6♠ , Le is eliminated.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 600,000(50 BB) | 600,000 | |
busted |