Carlos Chadha-Villamarin: XxXx/9♠Q♦K♥9♥
Yueqi Zhu: XxXx/10♥3♣8♥4♠ folded on sixth street
Yueqi Zhu's stack has been shrinking over the last couple of levels and it continued to do so when Carlos Chadha-Villamarin bet on fifth street and got called. He continued that with a bet on sixth street and this time Zhu was forced to fold and lose more chips.
Masashi Oya: XxXx/6♠5♥2♦2♣/Xx
James Chen: XxXx/A♠3♠9♠2♠/Xx
James Chen bet on fifth street and Masashi Oya called.
Chen bet again on sixth and Oya called down to seventh, where Chen fired out another bet.
Oya called again and Chen quickly mucked his cards. Oya showed 10♥7♠ as his pair was good enough to take the pot.
Alex Livingston: A♠K♠/A♦6♣6♥9♠/3♠
Danny Tang: XxXx/A♥7♥3♦10♣/Xx
Alex Livingston bet on sixth street and was called by Danny Tang. On seventh street, Livingston but his remaining amount in with a bet and was called.
He tabled aces up which was the winner as Tang's hand was quickly turned over and he was sent down to a short stack while Livingston got a needed double up.
Level: 9
Ante: 1,000
Low Card: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Punnat Punsri: 10♣10♦/10♥4♦Q♣9♥/4x
Carlos Chadha-Villamarin: XxXx/8♦2♠10♠K♦/Xx
Action was on sixth street where Punnat Punsri bet and was called by Carlos Chadha-Villamarin. Punsri also fired on seventh and was called again.
He tabled the monster with tens full to collect the pot.
Elsehwere Ren Lin's was sent away as his stay in this event was short-lived.
Chad Eveslage: XxXx/J♥A♠4♦2♠/Xx
Christopher Claassen: XxXx/5♣4♠3♣10♣/Xx
Chad Eveslage bet on fourth street and Christopher Claassen called.
Eveslage continued betting down to seventh as Claassen came along with calls. Eveslage then bet again on seventh and Claassen tossed in a chip.
Eveslage showed J♦2♦ for jacks and deuces and Claassen mucked.
Ivan Schertzer and Kazuhiko Yotsushika have been eliminated from this table that also includes Andre Akkari and Allen Kessler.
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Danny Tang: XxXx/A♠J♣5♣2♠/Xx
Naoya Kihara: XxXx/J♦A♣7♣9♣/Xx
Danny Tang bet on fifth street and Naoya Kihara called.
Tang bet again on sixth and Kihara called as Tang fired out another bet on seventh.
Kihara called, then mucked when Tang showed Q♥Q♠5♥ for two pair to win the pot.
At the same table, defending champion Brian Yoon has eclipsed the 200,000-chip mark.
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