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A raise to 55,000 by Dietrich Fast with the from the under-the-gun position was followed by a three-bet to 155,000 by Ivan Leow on the button, who had the superior pocket pair with .

The flop fell and Fast checked, then called a bet of 125,000 by Leow. On the turn, Fast checked again and Leow quickly grabbed into his chip stack before firing a second barrel worth 400,000. Fast used a time bank and eventually called, then checked again the on the river.

Leow nodded and tapped the table and claimed the massive pot to take a commanding lead on the money bubble.

Wai Leong Chan raised to 51,000 in the cutoff with and Manig Loeser called with on the button, Abraham Passet came along out of the big blind with .

The flop was checked over to Chan and he bet 80,000, Loeser folded and Passet called with his top pair. Chan improved to two pair on the turn and Passet checked, Chan bet 190,000 for more than half of the pot.

Dietrich Fast raised with the in the cutoff and Ivan Leow called in the small blind . Both players opted to check the flop and the turn. Leow bet the river for 150,000 and Fast quickly tossed in a single chip for the call to see the bad news.

Dietrich Fast raised to 55,000 first to act with the and Ivan Leow on the button three-bet to 155,000 with the . Fast called and faced three over cards on the flop. Fast checked and Leow's continuation bet of 125,000 forced a quick fold from Fast.

Dietrich Fast raised to 60,000 with the on the button, Abraham Passet called in the small blind with and Ivan Leow three-bet to 150,000 with the in the big blind.

The flop came and action checked to Fast, who got the job done with a bet of 265,000 and forced two quick folds.

Abraham Passet moved all in for 579,000 and Niall Farrell in the big blind snap-called with the slightly superior stack.

Abraham Passet:
Niall Farrell:

Farrell was in prime shape to make a massive step towards a seven or eight-figure score, but the board of gave Passet a set of nines to leave Farrell on fumes.

Wai Leong Chan raised to 55,000 with the on the button and Farrell then jammed in the small blind for 64,000 with after some consideration, as he would have been in the button ante the next hand.

Manig Loeser called in the big blind with and Chan filled up. On the flop, both remaining active players checked and the appeared on the turn. Loeser checked and Chan bet to isolate.

"Oh, I have loads of outs," Farrell said. However, none of them showed up with the blank river and that was it for the Scotsman.

Manig Loeser raised to 50,000 with and Paul Phua called with the in the small blind, Wai Leong Chan completed with the in the big blind. Action checked to Loeser on and he bet 65,000.

Phua check-raised all in for 542,000 and Chan folded, Loeser called after brief consider

The on the turn instantly left Phua drawing dead, and that made the river a formality. Loeser took revenge for the previous hand and soared back towards the top of the leaderboard.

Manig Loeser raised to 52,000 with the and Paul Phua called in the big blind with the . On a flop of , Phua checked his option and Loeser continued for 79,000.

Phua had 233,000 behind and moved all in, the instant call of Loeser followed.

On the turn, Phua got there with the straight, and the on the river was too little to deal the final blow to Phua.

Ivan Leow shoved out of the small blind and Wai Kin Yong called it off from the big blind for 173,000.

Wai Kin Yong:
Ivan Leow:

Paul Phua called for a queen, and it arrived on the flop. However, the followed on the turn and to give Leow the lead. However, he called for a queen or nine for his fellow countryman. The request was denied with the river and Yong was eliminated.

Abraham Passet limped with the and Ivan Leow checked the in the big blind. On the flop, Passet min-bet 20,000 and Leow called. The turn paired up the board and Passet check-folded to a bet of Leow.