HomePre-flop all-in and John King’s 10♣ 10♠ was against a short-stacked player who had A♦ A♣
Bad beat came right on the flop 10♦ 8♥ 2♣ and the turn 3♥ and river 2♦ officially busts the player. We’re down to 112 players.
Some more players shoving and then surviving.
On a board of 9♦ 4♣ 7♦ Q♦ J♦, Henrik Tollefsen had Q♥ J♠ to beat Toan Nguyen’s K♣ K♠. Tollefsen doubles through Toan and is now at around 21,000
On a wet board of K♠ A♣ A♥ and a tasty pot created from a three-way action pre-flop, Randy Boone opened for 2,200 and was flat-called by Hajime Mogi from the button. Lee Seok Ho from the big blind folded.
Turn: 5♥
Boone check-folded on a Mogi 6,100 bet and Mogi showed the unbeatable A♦ K♦ before scooping the pot. The Japanese now has around 80,000.
Toan Nguyen opened to 1,400 pre-flop and had callers in Sebastian Clot and Don Mishra.
All three checked the flop J♥ J♣ 5♠ and it was Clot who led out on the turn 2♦ for 2,100. Mishra called but Nguyen got out of the way.
On the river 9♦, Clot fired a bigger 4,200– enough to send Mishra away from the nice pot. Clot has now around 50,000.
Shravaw Chhabria opened to 3,200 pre-flop but John King thought that the pot was still too small… Chhabria tanked but showed A♥ Q♥ and folded to give King the pot. Both King and Chhabria has now around 40,000 to 45,000 stack.
Kevin Park and Franklin M. Acfalle were on the way to a boring split after the former moved all in with J♥ J♦ and the latter also had J♣ J♠.
No way says the poker gods, who sent the K♣ Q♦ K♦ 4♦ 10♦ to the board and gave Park the double-up to over 30,000. Acfalle is now the one playing with 20 big blinds or so.
Luca Borello survives a showdown for his tournament life when he went all-in on a board of A♦ A♥ 3♦ and an opponent called.
Luca had A♣ J♠ but needed to avoid some diamonds as his opponent had Q♦ 9♦.
Turn 10♠ and river 8♣ didn’t make the flush and Borello is alive and now up to over 55,000.
On a flop of 9♦ 5♣ 10♥, Dennis Huntly fired 8,000 on a raised pot but saw a raise to 16,000 by Vi Khoa. Huntley replied with a shove to 35,000 total and Khoa called.
Huntly: 9♠ 9♣
Khoa: A♦ 10♦
Turn 4♥, river Q♦ was no sort of trouble for Huntly, who doubles up to around 80,000. Khoa drops to around 20,000.
Bobby Zhang opened with 1,400 pre-flop and had one caller but saw Jojo Tech re-pop to 3,600. Zhang wanted more and put in 10,775 total. The other player folded and Tech made the call.
Flop: J♣ 6♦ 5♣
Zhang fires 8,650 and Tech called.
Turn: 5♦
Zhang check-called a Tech bet of 13,000.
River: 7♣
Zhang checked again and this appears to confuse Tech, who just decided to check behind.
It was a very good check: Zhang showed J♦ J♠ for the full house and Tech breathes a sigh of relief as he stays alive in the tournament although he drops to below 40,000. Zhang climbs the ladder and is now up to around 132,000.