HomeFeng Zhao has just ousted popular pro Norbert Koh. Here’s the story:
Zhao opened with 550 pre-flop and saw the player from the hi-jack call. Norbert Koh was next to act and re-popped to 1,800. Zhao would have none of it and three-bet to 4,150. The HJ player folded but Koh made the call.
Flop 4♦ 3♣ 10♣ landed and Zhao went over the top after a Koh bet of 5,500! Koh called and we have huge shoves-showdown!
Koh: Q♥ Q♠
Zhao trailed Koh’s ladies but he has lots of outs. It came on the turn A♠ and the river 6♦ was no lady which means that Koh is out of Day 1C of the Main Event. This is a re-entry tournament however so may see Koh play yet again today with players allowed to buy-in before the start of Level 7 about three hours away.
Zhao has now around 60,000.
Short-stacked Tan Gay Peng shoved with A♣ 10♥ and was called by Sam Nee him dominated with A♦ J♠.
No miracle ten on flop 8♣ 7♥ A♠, turn K♥ and river 9♦ and Peng is out of Day 1C.
On a board of 4♠ 5♠ J♦ and a raised pot, Shravan Chhabria, who was the one who raised pre-flop, check-called Jose Drilon’s bet of 600. Both checked the turn K♣ and river 2♦ and Chhabria showed 3♣ 4♣.
Heads-up between Wally Sombero and this stop’s High Rollers champion, Manuel Blaschke after the latter raised pre-flop.
10♠ 4♦ 8♣
Sombero led out with 525 and Blaschke flat-called.
7♠
Sombero led again, this time with 1,100. Blaschke called again.
6♣
Sombero fires 2,500 and once again, Blaschke called.
Sombero had 9♠ 9♦ for the straight on the river and Blaschke, probably kicking himself inside, mucked his hand.
Ms. Lee Da Nye opened to 475 pre-flop and had callers from both blinds.
All three players checked the flop 10♣ 9♣ 3♣ and dealer brought the turn J♥. Lee Da Nye adds 500 to the middle, the small blind calls but the big blind got out of the way.
Both checked the river 9♠.
The small blind had the big slick– hitting nothing– and Lee Da Nye with 7♠ 7♥ wins the pot.
From early position, Matt Russell from Houston, Texas (that detail given to us by Mr. Russell himself) opened to 1,650 post-turn A♦ 9♦ 7♦ 8♣ on an already big pot and had callers from mid-position and the button.
When the river 2♥ arrived, Russell fired a bigger 3,700. Both players tanked and considered their options but eventually folded their hands. The man from Texas wins the pot!
Alex Lee opened with 375 pre-flop and saw the cut-off re-raise it to 1,175. Lee called as did another player in Jose Drilon to bring the flop 8♣ 6♣ J♠.
After checks from Lee and Drilon the CO player put 2,200 in the middle but Lee made it 5,575. Drilon folded and the CO player called.
On the turn A♣ it was Lee who led out for 6,500 and was called by his heads-up opponent. On the river Q♠ Lee shoved his final 8,950 and his opponent couldn’t make the call to give Lee the huge pot.
On a board of J♥ 6♥ A♥ 5♦ K♣, Jasven Saigal with K♥ 3♣ thought hard about a 7,500-bet from the small blind. Off the tank, Saigal called with conviction and it was the right one as he’s shown the opponent’s 10♦ 7♦– complete air!
On a board of 8♣ 7♠ 8♦ 10♥ K♦, Huy Pham fired 2,800 with an already nice pot in the middle. The UTG player called even as two players got out of the way.
UTG had 8♦ 7♦ for a flopped full but Pham’s 10♣ 10♠ turned the boat as well.