HomeWe missed the action of this hand that sent the pot to 40k before the final betting round. With a completed board of 4♠ Q♠ 8♥ A♦ 2♠, Beitong Liang shoved all his chips in the middle to put Marc Rivera in dilemma. It took a bit of time for Rivera to decide but when he did, he tossed one chip in the middle signalling a call.
Liang A♥ K♣ top pair
Rivera 8♠ 4♥ two pair
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Four players splashed the pot with chips to weigh down the middle of the felt. The flop ran Q♠ 5♣ 10♣ and three players checked.Last to act, Junko Hirai bet 8k, and was called by Yoichi Uesugi and Bertrand Ortiz. The turn was next, 9♠, and they all waved off betting. On the river of J♣, Uesugi jumped out with an 11k bet, and was called by Ortiz. Hirai folded.
Uesugi A♥ K♠ straight
Ortiz K-Q lower straight
Mark Amparo landed a sweet double up with the nuts hole hand, pocket aces. The action kicked off with Martin Gonzales raising to 1350 which found three callers. On Amparo’s turn, he moved all in for 21,850 to call. Out of all the players hoping to player the hand, only Jessie Supnet called.
Amparo A♦ A♠
Supnet A♣ J♣
The board ran K♦ 7♦ J♠ 9♦ 6♦.
After the pot was pumped up preflop, three players remained, Takeshi Seto, Shunsuke Tsuji, and Kimura Lee Jongyeol. The flop came 10♥ J♣ 9♣, Seto checked, Tsuji bet 3500, Jongyeol check-raised to 16k, and Seto moved all in for a total of 16,050. Jongyeol and Tsuji both called.
On the turn of 8♠, Tsuji checked, Jongyeol jammed all in for a side pot, but Tsuji backed out.
Seto Q♣ J♦ straight
Jongeyeol K♠ Q♠ higher straight
With the river felting K♥, Seto avoided elimination and split the pot with Jongyeol.
Action between Richard Marquez and Ceesvin Abdulla began with Marquez limping in, Abdulla raising to 1200, Marquez three-betting to 3500, and a call from Abdulla.
The flop came K♦ 9♦ 2♠, Marquez continued and laid out a 2800 bet, Abdulla called. On the turn of 7♥, Marquez checked, Abdulla bet 4500, Marquez raised to 10.3k, and Abdulla surrendered his stake on the pot.
On a flop of K♥ 5♥ 4♣, and a turn of Q♣, Kimura Lee Jongyeol checked while Tseng Wei Ming bet 2800. Jongyeol called. On the river of 2♥, Jongyeol jumped out with a 5200 bet and took it with no call from Tseng.
Thomas Ward was all in with a short stack and Kakuchi Yasuke called after a bit of tanking.
Ward Q-2 off suit
Yasuke K-K
The board gave Ward a pair with his queen but it was not good enough to overtake Yasuke’s kings. Ward exited the field.
On a flop of 7♠ 10♠ K♠, heavy betting action followed with John Tech laying out a bet, Ha Duong raising, Tech moving all in, and Duong calling for his tournament life.
Tech A♣ 7♥ bottom pair
Duong Q♠ 3♦ flush draw
The turn of 2♣ and river of 6♣ didn’t improve Duong and he was railed.