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2010 King's Cup Commentary: Round 21

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Here's a brief report on the last round of the day. It's quiet without the kids around, but the convention centre has shut off the air conditioning, and the temperature is quickly rising to match the outdoor conditions (in the low 30s Celsius and in the low 90s relative humidity).

Congratulations to Pichai Limprasert (THA) for winning today's Super Bonus Prize for going undefeated. The regular THB 50 bonus per win, which would add up to THB 400 for eight games, is quintupled to THB 2,000 if a player managed to win all their games in one day. (Top three finishers not eligible.)

Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (THA) beats Marut Siriwangso (THA) finally, in yet another game that saw them clowning around at the end. Pakorn had clearly won a close game, but pointed out to Marut that the Marut could still win if Pakorn went a little more minute overtime. Marut played out, with an obviously acceptable word, then Pakorn said "hold". We're playing free challenges here, so there's no need to play hold, so Pakorn says hold just to mess with Marut, because that now entitles Marut to start Pakorn's clock, and gets Marut's hopes up that Pakorn may inadvertently get distracted and earn another ten-point time penalty. Marut outsmarts Pakorn though, because when Pakorn says hold, Marut starts Pakorn's clock, then quickly picks up the clock and puts it in his lap. No additional penalty was assessed; the players were just burning off steam at the end of a long day.

David Eldar (AUS) beat Ming Hui Hubert Wee (SGP) 587-430 (the second highest combined score of the tournament) and remains tied on wins with Pakorn, 16-5 +875 to Pakorn's 1180. In third place is a jubilant Odette Carmina Rio (PHL), who is hoping her 36 handicap score will remain the leader even if she drops back below third place.