HomeRight off the dinner break, Jesse Supnet doubled up to remain in this main event.
With just 4,000 or so, Supnet shoved with A♦ K♣ and found a caller in Iori Yogo was dominated with A♣ J♠.
The flop Q♣ 8♠ 9♥ provided new outs for Yogo but won’t get it on the turn A♥ and river 7♠ as Supnet doubles-up to around 9,000.
Six levels are done and we have two more before we call it a day. But first a dinner break for the next 60 minutes!
Before the dinner break, Linh Tran had pocket kings and Kenneth Khoo had an even better hand: pocket aces. It was only a matter of time before a sumptuous pot was created.
And indeed, all of Tran’s and Khoo’s chips went to the middle pre-flop.
Flop: 4♣ 8♦ 10♣
Turn: 2♠
River: A♦
Khoo scoops the pot and easily becomes our chip leader with over 100,000.
From late position, Manuel Blashcke opened to 700 and found a caller from the small blind in Judic Kim.
The dealer board J♥ K♠ 9♥ and Kim check-called Blaschke’s 1,125 bet. Kim check-called Blaschke again on the turn A♣ for 2,500 and both checked the river A♥.
Blashcke: K♣ J♠
Kim: K♦ 3♦
Apparently, Kim needed those aces in the last two community cards as Blashcke settled for a split.
Short-stacked with less than 7,000, Masato Yokosawa moved all-in with K♥ Q♥. Jason Powers wanted to bust out a player and called, also with K♣ Q♠.
The poker gods favored the short-stacked player in this one however as the flop 3♠ 6♥ A♥ set up new outs for Yokosawa. The Japanese got no heart in the turn 2♠ but got it on the river J♥ and the poker gods gave Yokosawa a much-needed double-up rather than the boring split pot.
One of the final eight players in yesterday’s Head Hunter event which finished play earlier today, Hajime Mogi is back for more poker and now playing in the Main Event and is back busting out players.
On a board of A♥ 4♦ 8♣, a short-stacked player moved all-in and got a quick call from Mogi. The Japanese had his opponent dominated with the Big Slick against A♣ J♥.
No miracle turn Q♦ and river K♣ and another player is busted from Day 1A.
Very short-stacked, Maxim Sorokin found the double-up he wished when his pocket jacks held against an opponent’s pocket nines in a pre-flop showdown.
The dealer boarded 6♣ K♥ 8♣ 7♣ Q♣ and Sorokin stays in this main event with roughly a dozen thousand in chips.
From mid-position, Don Mishra opened with 700 pre-flop and found 3 callers in Randy Boone, Yoichi Uesugi and Jason Powers.
Flop: Q♣ 7♦ 5♣
Mishra led out again with 900, Uesugi called while both Powers and Boone folded.
On the turn K♠, Mishra fired another 1,300 and was again called by the Japanese. The river K♥ arrived and Mishra bet 3,100. Uesugi, perhaps buying a flush or straight, folded.
Armed with A♣ 10♥, Minh Nguyen thought it was double-up or bust time.
A player from the button opened with 600 pre-flop, Nguyen responded with a shove (about 7,000) and the button player with Q♠ 10♠ called.
Nguyen’s hand looked good and was even better after the board A♠ 4♦ 6♣ 4♥ K♥ ran out.