After winning a double up with pocket aces earlier, Marc Rivera seems to be on a steady rise. He recently won two hands in a row. In the first one he was in a three-way raised pot with a board showing A♠ 3♣ A♦. Gerald Casey and Rivera checked to button player Kyungrok Kim who bet 3700. Casey folded and Rivera joined in with a call. At the turn of J♥, both checked. Then on the river of 7♣, Rivera led out for 7k and Kim called. Rivera won with his A♣ 5♣ trips.
The hand right after had Rivera raising to 4k and getting called by Lim Yo Hwan. At the flop of K♦ 10♠ A♥, Riveral bet 3k and Hwan quietly called. At the turn of 6♥ Rivera continued and dropped in a 7k bet. Hwan smooth-called again. On the river of 10♦, Rivera laid out 15k and with that, he won the pot with Hwan folding. Rivera showed his A♦.