Gerard Bringley kicked off the hand with a raise to 750, he was called by Brian McAllister and a player in the cutoff seat, but then Charles Alan Richards three-bet to 2,875. Bringley folded, Mcallister moved all in with his 37,000 chips, cutoff folded, and Richards called for his tournament life. At the showdown,
McAllister: A♥ J♣
Richards: K♣ K♠
Board: 10♠ 7♥ 5♠ 4♦ 10♥
Richards doubled up while McAllister fell to around 9,000.
Ha Duong engaged in a preflop raise war against a player which led to both players all in. Duong had K♦ K♥ against A♠ K♠. The board bricked and Duong won one while railing one in the process.
Ferlyn Cabaling and Victor Chong faced a board of 10♣ 6♦ 3♠ with Chong acting first. He laid out a 2,500 bet which Cabaling flat-called. At the turn of 10♥, Chong led again, this time for 3,000 and Cabaling flat-called. Then on the river of K♥, Chong jumped at the pot with an all in with his remaining 8,675 chips, Cabaling quickly called and showed her 10♠ 10♦ for a beautiful hand of quad tens.
On a board of K♦ K♠ 4♥, Eric Sia bet 2,000 which Jojo Allado called to go to the turn of 8♠. Both players checked to see a free river land 5♦. Sia led out for 1,500 and Allado called. Sia showed A♦ K♣ and Allado had A♠ K♥ for a split pot .
Charles Alan Richards raised it up to 700 pre flop and got one caller in the small blind. At the flop of 5♥ 5♠ 6♣, sb led out 1,200 only to get raised to 2,600 by Richards, sb called. At the turn of J♣, sb checked to Richards who slid out 2,500 and sb called. Then on the river of J♦, sb repeated to check and Richards moved all in getting sb to quickly fold. Richards showed his 2♠ 2♥ that mattered none against the board. Nice play.
Lester Edoc tangled in a pot against Peter Kleudgen that began with Edoc raising to 500 only to get re-raised to 1,200 by Kleudgen. Edoc called and they want to see the flop 7♥ 10♠ 5♦. Kleudgen led out for 1,750 and Edoc smooth-called. At the turn of Q♥, they both checked and saw a free river card of 9♦. Kleudgen laid out a 2,100 bet and Edoc called. Kleudgen showed with his J♣ J♥ and Edoc mucked.
Catching the action at the flop of A♠ 4♥ 8♥, action was checked to Eric Sia who bet 1,000 which was check-called. At the turn of J♦, same thing, Sia bet 3,000 and was check-called but this time just by one player, Ian Brion. Then on the river of 6♠, both Brion and Sia checked. Brion won with his A♥ Q♠.
On a turn board of 6♠ 8♦ J♦ Q♥, Daron Ang went all in with his remaining 4,300 chips and was called by Jung Ah Yoon. Ang had Q♣ Q♠ ahead of Yoon’s A♥ J♥, and with the river of 4♦, they held up giving him a nice double up.
Razavi raised pre flop to 500 and found himself three callers namely David Keys (db), Rick Lera (sb), and Daron Ang (bb). At the flop of 10♥ 9♦ 3♦, the blinds checked to Razavi who bet 2,000. Everyone folded and Razavi showed 10♣ 9♣ two pair.