HomeIt was Jojo Tech (Philippines) vs. Hyeong Wook Choi (South Korea) on a board of K♦ 7♠ 6♠ A♦ 10♠ with a very healthy pot.
Tech had the bigger stack but was in a world of pain after a river bet by Choi.
Was the Korean just getting good value off him?
Tech called anyway and it was the right one as his pocket jacks beat Choi’s pocket nines. Tech has roughly 120,000 after the hand.
Silent tension between Nori Suzuki and Jaeik Cho at a hand we caught at the flop of 5♠ J♥ 9♥. With 24000 already in the pot, Suzuki had a 20000 bet laying on the table and after almost ten minutes of tanking, Cho shoved his 35000. Matthew Chadwick decided to get out of the way and Suzuki quickly called. Suzuki had J♦ 10♣ and Cho had J♠ 10♠, definitely looking like a split pot. The turn of 3♠ however gave Cho outs for a flush, but it did not materialize when the river landed 5♥.
Mikal Blomlie continues to rake it in. Catching the action at the flop of 5♥ 8♥ 10♦, Blomlie faced a bet of 4600 which he raised to 12200. In no time, the initial bettor shoved and Blomlie snap-called. At the showdown, Blomlie was ahead with Q♥ Q♠ but his opponent had 9♥ 7♥ for and open ended flush draw with two cards to come. With the turn of 2♠ and river of A♦, Blomlie won the hand and was shipped a nice pile to strengthen further his arsenal.
Anvar Muratov is really making it tough on his tablemates with his good reads. It began with Muratov raising to 2500 and got one customer in Czardy Rivera on the small blind. At the flop of 6♥ A♥ 6♣, both checked to see a turn land A♣. Acting first, Rivera led for 1500 and Muratov called. On the river of 5♣, Rivera bet again, this time for 5000, and Muratov would not be bullied. Muratov called and won with his K♠ 5♠ against Rivera’s attempt to steal with 7♦ 8♦.
Big pots being won left and right here at the Main Event. In a recent hand, Vincent Torres raised to 2500 preflop, got reraised to 6400 by Choi Hyeong Wook, found a caller in Matthew Chadwick, and as well in Torres. At the flop of J♣ 3♦ 2♣, Torres checked to Hyeong Wook who slid out a 12100 bet which was enough to get both his opponents to fold.
With a board of 10♠ 3♦ 9♦ J♣ A♣ Florencio Campomanes called down an opponent’s river bet of around 6,000. Good call, as the opponent showed 6♣ 6♦ and Flo tabled J♠ Q♣.
He climbs to over 90,000 just before the 10-minute break.
Catching big action at the river betting, the board showed 10♣ 3♥ 5♥ 8♣ A♥ with Henrik Tollefsen banging out 9100 big ones. His opponent, Noda Hiroyuki debated for a bit then decided to call which was the right one because Tollefsen mucked with his bluff.
After a series of raises and re-raises preflop, two Japanese– Tetsuya Tsuchikawa and Kodai Ishihara wanted more after the dealer set 5♥ 9♦ 7♥.
“Tet” initiated with 10,500 only to see his compatriot move all-in for around 80,000!
This put Tsuchikawa deep into the tank as the consequences here are down to two:
a) Call, get beat and be eliminated in the main event or;
b) Call, get the win and be the chip leader in Day 2!
Minutes later, Tsuchikawa made the huge call.
Tsuchikawa: Q♣ Q♦
Ishihara: 8♦ 8♥
Dealer tabled the turn 9♣ and river 5♥ and Tsuchikawa’s queen holds and he gets over 190,000 in chips (could be more as he’s stacking them up real high now).
Ishihara couldn’t recover from this one and got the boot a few hands later. We are down to 73 players.
Wally Sombero is unceremoniously booted out of the main event when his ace-king fell against an opponent’s ace-queen.
Preflop, Sombero quipped,” Give him a queen!”
The flop 8♣ 9♣ 3♥ provided no queen but the poker gods decided to listen to Sombero as the dealer turned Q♦.
River A♣ couldn’t save Wally and we are down to 80 players.