Mystery Bounty ($565)

In search of yet another double, Evgenii Zaitsev open shoves in Blind vs. Blind action but gets a call from BB Chaiwat Prajuabjinda.

Zaitsev shows A♠ T♠ while Prajuabjinda tables A♦ J♠ .

The flop goes 9♠ 5♦ 9♦ as chop out became possible. However, the turn card Is the J♣ having Zaitsev drawing dead. The river of the 8♣ made the ouster official.

Vietnam’s Quynh Thuy opens for 3,000 UTG and the action is folded to the CO where Evgenii Zaitsev moves all in for his what’s left of his stack (8,300). Quynh calls.

Zaitsev turns over A♣ Q♠ and was appalled when as his Vietnamese opponent flips over A♥ K♠ .

However, Despair turned into hope on the flop: 5♠ Q♥ 9♥ . The turn produced a sweat card as the J♣ showed but that quickly died down when the Q♦ hit the river and gives Zaitsev a chance to grind further with the double up.

Joining action in progress, the pot is already at 5,500 on a flop of A♠ 4♠ 7♠ when Evgenii Zaitsev pushes all-in, covering his opponent Worawat Tanglakthongchai from Thailand. Tanglakthongchai’s response is a call for his remaining 62,600.

Zaitsev shows 3♠ 6♠ for a made flush on the flop while Tanglakthongchai has A♥ 4♣ for two pairs.

The turn is the 8♦ but Tanglakthongchai catches one of his outs on the river as the 4♦ comes and improves him to a full house, beating Zaitsev and crippling him as his stack now goes down to 8,000.

With the win, Tanglakthongchai is now among the overall chip-leaders of the tournament.

Evgenii Zaitsev opens from the CO for 1,600 and is met with a 3-bet jam from the SB of Vietnam’s Nguyen Duc Thanh for 23,800. Zaitsev makes the call quickly.

Nguyen flips over A♥ Q♣ while Zaitsev turns over A♠ A♣ .

The runout could not save the Vietnamese player from elimination: 2♦ 4♣ 6♥ 6♦ 8♥ as Zaitsev now sets his eyes on battling for the higher spots on the leaderboard.

Evgenii Zaitsev opens from UTG for 600 and gets a call from Lee Byung Soo of Korea in the CO. Malaysia’s Alex Wong 3-bets from the D to 1,800 and gets 4-bet by Zaitsev to 6,600. Lee and Wong opt to see a flop.

That flop is 8♠ 9♠ K♥ as Zaitsev continues firing, this time for 2,200. Lee and Wong do not continue. Awarding Zaitsev a hefty pot.

Korea’s Lee Han Sic opens from the +1 position and gets calls from Alex Wong of Malaysia in the HJ and Evgenii Zaitsev in the SB.

The flop comes 2♥ J♣ 8♣ as all players check. The turn is the 6♥ as Zaitsev checks again. Lee comes out firing for 1,500 as Wong folds. Zaitsev check-raises to 6,000 and it is enough to make the Korean lay down his hand.