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The good news was that Alvin T. woke up with pocket aces when he was short-stacked. The better news was that an opponent, Manuel Blaschke was a willing customer in a pre-flop showdown.
Alvin T: A♠ A♣
Blaschke: A♦ 10♦
Flop 6♥ 7♠ Q♠ was safe for Alvin T. though the turn 8♥ gave Blaschke new outs. It didn’t come on the river 7♦ and Alvin T. doubles-up to around a dozen thousand.
Julius Malzanini opened to 500 pre-flop and found 3 callers to bring the flop 8♠ 2♦ J♦. Tan Gay Peng checked his option saw Malzanini call and two others fold. On the turn 2♥ Peng check-called Malzanini’s 2,400 bet again while the river 5♦ was checked by both players.
Peng shows K♠ J♠ while Malzanini had K♥ K♦ as the latter won the nice pot.
A huge pot worth about 14,000 and the entire community 3♠ A♥ 5♥ 5♠ 9♦ were already in the middle when a button player added 4,500 to the pot. Fabio Fumagalli thought about the river bet and made the right call when his pocket sevens beat the opponent’s 7♥ 4♥– or a busted straight and flush draw.
A post-flop takedown from Kai Paulsen, who led out with 650 on a raised pot with a flop of 8♣ 9♥ 10♣. Multiple players in the pot folded and Paulsen wins a small one.
On a flop of 2♠ 8♠ A♥, Feng Zhao opened to 550 and saw the player from under the gun call. The turn 3♠ landed and the UTG player fired 550 only to see Zhao raise it to 2,350. The UTG player called to bring in the river 2♥.
The UTG player check-called Zhao’s bet of 2,850 and was shown the bad news when the APT Philippines 2014 ME champion showed 4♠ 5♠ for the turned straight.
With a board of 10♥ 6♥ 9♦ 8♦ Q♣ both JR Villanueva (with 10♣ 10♠) and a player from the mid-position (with 9♣ 9♠) had hit their set. The straight possibilities scared off both players from making the pot bigger however and Villanueva wins a small pot with his set of tens.
The pre-flop all-in showdown is now becoming a norm with more players getting shorter stacks.
Nang Quang Nguyen: A♣ K♦
Short-Stacked Player (w/3,750 left): A♦ Q♠
Flop 7♣ K♠ J♥, turn 7♥ and river 5♦ and our short-stacked player can’t find his double-up.
On the flop 4♥ 7♥ 10♠, the UTG player opened with 1,200 and saw Sebastian Benz re-pop it to 3,500, which the UTG player called. On the turn 6♦, the UTG player check-called Benz’s 4,000 bet and once again check-called on the river 3♥ for Benz’s 7,600.
Bad news for the UTG opponent as Benz showed A♥ 8♥ for the rivered nut flush and he takes down the nice pot.
From the cutoff, a player led out with 400 pre-flop and saw Terry Gonzaga call. The flop 8♠ 4♣ 6♠ arrived and the original raiser opened to 600. Gonzales thought for a bit before raising to 1,500. CO player tanks too and eventually folded his hand.