HomeA few hands after winning a small pot over popular pro Bryan Huang, Gerard Bringley doubled-up to around 28,000 with pocket aces against another opponent.
On the flop 4♠ 5♣ 7♣, the Philippines’ Jose Drilon opened for 1,200 and got two callers including compatriot Johnson Tan.
Both Drilon and Tan checked the turn 4♥ and the CO player bet 2,500. Tan called but Drilon wanted more and shoved his final 14,300. The raiser folded, Tan did the same to give Drilon the nice pot and back to around the starting stack for Day 1.
Down to three players in the bounty-flavored tournament:
You Hui (China), Jojo Tech (Philippines) and Xu Jing Jhe Raymond (Singapore) are in contention for the Head Hunters title!
We’re up to 63 players so far– good pace in this opening day of the Main Event. Registration is available until the end of dinner break (8:20 PM) so it looks like we’ll have a good number for Day 1A.
Also seen at the tables now are notable players like Bryan Huang, Kosei Ichinose, SJ Kim, Anthony Gabitan and Johnson Tan, among others.
After a series of raises preflop that brought the pot to about 12,000, Michael Falcon and Martin Corpuz saw the flop of 3♠ J♥ 3♣.
Corpuz bet a pot-size of a dozen thousand to send Falcon to the tank. He eventually folded showing pocket tens. Corpuz appreciated the gesture, showing pocket aces and Falcon’s good decision to fold.
The Hi-Jack player raised to 600 after two limpers including Amit Ajwani. Both limpers called to bring the flop Q♣ 6♠ 9♦.
The HJ opened for 1,500 and saw the UTG player fold but got a call from Ajwani.
On the turn Q♠, Ajwani check-called the HJ’s 3,000 bet and on the river K♠, Ajwani check-raised to 12,000 the bet of 3,000… Too much for Ajwani’s opponent, who grudgingly threw away his hand.
It’s the battle between Alexis Lim and Amit Ajwani on a raised flop J♦ 8♥ 8♦.
Ajwani check-called Lim’s 1,475 bet on the turn Q♣ while both checked the river A♦.
Lim: J♣ 10♦
Ajwani: Q♥ 9♣
Thanks to the queen-turn, Ajwani wins this nice pot.
Three-way action on a raised flop 2♣ Q♦ 5♥, Aron Dermer opened to 800 and got a call from Srinivas Polishetty but a fold from the big blind.
Both Dermer and Polishetty checked the turn J♥ but on the river A♥, Polishetty took a stab at the pot for 1,500 and was called by Dermer. Polishetty immediately mucked his hand to give Dermer the win.
On raised pot with a flop of 2♥ K♦ 5♥, Kunal Patni opened for 325 only to see a reraise from Felix Weis, one of the early chip leaders in this opening level. The other player in the pot called from the big blind and so did Patni.
On the turn J♣, Weis led out again for 2,300– Patni got out of the way and the big blind called.
The river 9♣ was checked by the BB player, Weis fires a serious 4,400 bet and forced the fold from his opponent.