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From utg position, Lester Pinto raised it up to 400 and found himself two callers, the button player and Lau Heng Seng on the sb seat. After the burn card, the dealer revealed the flop of J♠ 10♥ 4♠. Seng checked to the raiser Pinto who bet 800, and once again the db player and Seng called. At the turn of J♣, Seng checked to Pinto again who upped his bet more, this time to 2000, and found one caller in Seng. When the river of 2♥ completed the board, Seng changed gears and bet 5000 into the pot but Pinto was not going anywhere. Pinto called and Seng immediately mucked giving Pinto the pot without a showdown.
From early position, Sam Razavi opened the action pre-flop with a 350 bet and found two callers in Kwak Jin Hyeom and Michael Falcon.
Falcon bet 1,000 post-flop K♠ 9♠ 6♥ and Razavi called while Jin Hyeom got out of the way. The turn was a Q♥ and this time Falcon just checked his option. Razavi fired a bigger 4,500, which Falcon called. Both players checked the river J♠.
Razavi: 10♦ J♥
Falcon: 9♣ 10♣
The jack on the river saved Falcon on this one as both players settled for a split pot.
Catching the action on a turn board of 8♣ 3♣ 5♥ 9♠ and a pot of 3300 already in the middle, bb player Lau Heng Seng checked to the mid position player who bet 1600. With action now back to him, Seng check-raised to 5000, and after a bit of tanking, Seng’s opponent called. The dealer then laid the river card of 5♣ and Seng cautiously slid out a bet lower than his previous, 2000, which the mp player called. Seng showed his 6♦ 7♥ straight and with that he was shipped the chips.
Korean Kwak Jin Hyeom is on a bit of roll now. By the time we reached his table, a player was on his way out already after an apparent bust out. Estimated chip count is around 40,000 for the player from South Korea.
Darshan Sami earned himself a good pot in a hand that began with him raising to 350. Players folded after him but when action landed on the sb player, he three-bet to make it 725. Sami called and both players saw a flop of 8♥ 8♣ K♣. Both players slowed down and checked to see a free turn of 9♦. Acting first, the sb player bet 675 and Sami flat-called. Then on the river of 10♥, sb continued to bet and laid out 1050 worth of chips but was greeted with an all in shove from Sami. With a quick fold, Sami won the pot.
Kwak Jin Hyeom of Korea called an opponent’s 2,250 bet pre-flop and the original raiser (to 500) thought long and hard before folding his hand.
Flop: 2♥ Q♥ 3♠
Action started with the re-raiser and he checked while Jin Hyeom shoved his stack worth over 11,000 covering the opponent, who snap-called.
Jin Hyeom: A♣ J♣
Opponent: 10♣ 10♦
Jin Hyeom had no draw, no pair, but he had overcards.
Turn 6♠ was safe for the opponent but the river J♠ was what Jin Hyeom was looking for.
“Nice hand. Really good job,” stated the Jin Hyeom’s opponent while walking away from the table. We’re not quite sure if there was some sarcasm in it.
Too bad we didn’t catch the sick wild action at the table but thankfully the players were eager to tell us what just went down.
Action began with a player raising to 150 which was quickly followed by a three-bet to 275 by Gerard Bringley, then a four-bet to 1100 by the player beside him, a five-bet to 3000 by Lee Boon Han, sending the action back to the initial raiser who opted best to fold. Action now was on Bringley’s plate who took the reins and banged out a 6-bet of 5100. This forced the player beside him to fold but not Han who responded with a 7-bet shove. Bringley surrendered his hand and exposed his Pocket Kings. Han matched the gesture by showing his Pocket Aces, and from what we were told, the other two players had Pocket Jacks and Pocket Queens. Whoa!!! Wild!
Day 1A re-entry player Michael Falcon battled with Takuya Kitamura and what transpired was probably not what Falcon expected…. Catching the hand at the turn board of 6♣ 4♥ K♣ 9♠, aggressive betting action by both players eventually ended up in Falcon shoving his 8425 chips in the middle. Kitamura seemed unaffected and called the all in. Falcon showed his A♥ 10♣ bluff which was pretty much a dead hand against Kitamura’s K♠ 6♦ two pairs. The river of Q♠ was of no consequence and Kitamura scooped in a nice pot while sending Falcon to the rail in the process.