HomeDuring this hand, action began with William Kang raising to 150 preflop and getting called by three palyers including Hyungki Kim. At the flop of K♠ 7♥ 8♦, everyone checked to Kim who bet 350. He was called by the sb and Kang. At the turn of 5♠ and river of Q♦, action between slowed to a check and Kim won with his Q♥ 9♥
Lito Quijano scoops another. Action began with Michael Falcon raising to 125 which was called by 4 players including Quijano. At the flop of A♣ 3♦ 2♦, everyone checked. At the turn of 4♦, the hijack player bet 500, Quijano min-rasied to 1000, and took the pot after everyone folded.
Three-way action here with Lito Quijano raising to 250 and getting called by Gerald Casey and Yao Hui. At the flop of 10♥ 7♠ 4♣, Quijano led for 550, was called by Casey, but not Hui who raised to 1400. Quijano jumped back at Hui with a raise to 2800. Casey and Hui decided to fold.
William Kang shipped in a nice pot against SJ Kim. We only caught the action on a completed board of 8♥ 7♣ Q♠ A♠ J♠. With a pot of 4k in the middle, Kang nearly matched it with a 3700 bet. Kim folded.
Catching the action on the river, the board showed 4♦ 2♠ 7♣ 10♥ 2♣ with around 1800 already in the pot. Javalera bet 1000 and button player Yohn Paredes called. Javalera had A♣ Q♣ and Paredes had 3♣ 3♠. What a call!
Jun Javalera is always an active player at the felt and he likes to get in early while the blinds are still at their lowest. Most often, he wins some big pots early, however from what we’ve seen, he has just lost two pots. In the first one, he raised from the button and was called by the big blind. At the flop of 6♥ A♥ 4♥, the bb checked to Javalera who bet 250. He was called. At the turn of 9♥, action was the same with Javalera betting 300, and getting called. Then on the river of Q♣, the bb player changed it up and led out for 850. Javalera called then mucked when he saw the K♥ 3♣ flush.
Several hands later, Javalera lost another pot, this time with his ace-ten losing to a player’s ace-six on a board that ran Q-A-6-8-7 for two pairs.
Despite the losses, Javalera still has a very healthy stack.
On a board of 5♠ 7♥ 3♠ 3♣ 9♣ and a pot between 6-7k in the middle, Michael Falcon checked, a mid-position player checked, Gerald Casey bet 6k which was enough for Falcon to fold to however for the mp player, this sent him tanking. He eventually called and mucked when he saw Casey’s full house with 9♠ 9♥.
A bit of action already happening at the felt. At one of the tables, an early position player raised to 125, was three-bet to 325 by Hyungki Kim, and was called by the initial raiser. At the flop 6♥ 4♣ Q♣, action kicked off with a 400 bet that was raised to 1000 by Kim. This was enough to scoop the pot.
Cards are in the air! Here we go for day 1a of the Main Event! Several notables are at the felt availing of the Main Event Bubble Protection…. Iori Yogo, Jun Saito, Gerald Casey, Tetsuya Tsuchikawa, Lim Yo Hwan… to mention a few.