HomePacson saw some early rises to his stack but at some point he lost momentum and fell back down to below starting stack. This however did not discourage him and now he is slowly making his way back after capturing two decent wins.
In one of the hands, he went up against Marc Joseph who raised it up to 1500 pre-flop. Pacson called from the big blind. At the flop of K♥ A♣ 9♣, Joseph sent out a 2200 continuation bet which Pacson check-called. At the turn of 4♥ and river of 5♥, both players played it safe by checking and Pacson won with his A♥ J♠ top pair.
Shortly after, Pacson and Emanuel Seal found themselves all-in pre flop with Pacson holding J♣ J♦ and Seal with Q♦ 10♥. Though ahead, Pacson watched as the flop of Q♥ 6♣ 4♣ gave Seal a higher pair. Seal’s moment of glory did not last long as a 5♣ and 8♣ was felted giving Pacson the win with a back door flush.
Sitting on the big blind, Casey Kastle watched as Emanuel Seal raised to 650 from the hijack seat and was called by Marc Joseph on the button. After the small blind folded, Kastle called the raise and all three watched the flop land 4♥ K♥ 6♣. Kastle checked, Seal bet 850, Joseph called, but this time Kastle didn’t. He two-bet to 3000 which was good enough for the win as both Seal and Joseph folded.
Julien Muel just earned himself a sweet pot that brought his stack immediately over 60000. During the hand, two players limped in before him, and from the cutoff seat, he raised it up to 1000. Button player called, so did the other two limpers, and play was underway. The board ran 9♦ 4♥ 10♣, and action was checked to the raiser Muel who slid out 2500. He was called by two players. Then on the turn of 2♥, Muel was given the go-ahead again which he used to send out 4500 and was called by the player on the button. Then on the river of of 5♠, Muel opted to check then faced an all-in bet by the button. Muel made the call and revealed his K♥ K♣ that was way ahead of his opponent’s A♠ J♦. Muel took down the pot and sent a player packing.
Kai Paulsen could not get lucky when he went up against re-entry player Justin Lowe. The hand began with Paulsen raising to 550 and found himself 4 callers. At the flop of K♥ 5♥ 3♠, action was checked to Paulsen who sent out a bet that got three players to fold except for Lowe. Lowe raised it up and next thing you know, both players entered a raise war that ended with an all-in on both sides.
Lowe: A♣ A♦
Paulsen: 2♥ A♠
With the turn of 8♦ and river of J♠, Paulsen was unable to land his straight and was sent to the rail.
Peter Janghwan Kiem accumulates another decent stack when his A♥ J♥ landed a nut flush on the board. At the turn of 2♦ 3♥ 10♥ 2♥, Kiem slid out a cool 2025 bet which was snap-called by one player and turned down by Andy Quan Ho. After the river card of 9♣, Kiem sent out a much larger bet of 6700, which again was called by his opponent. Kiem revealed his nut flush and his opponent mucked right after showing one card, 2♣ that gave him trips.
With a raised pot pre-flop already swimming in the middle of the felt, Tien Pham was in a hand against Emanuel Seal and Robert Birss with a flop showing 7♠ 10♦ 4♠. Not exactly sure how much Seal’s initial bet was but Birss raised it to make it 3900 which Pham three-bet to 7000. Seal moved all in, so did Birss, and quickly Pham did the same.
Pham: 4♣ 4♦ set
Seal: K♥ K♠
Birss: J♣ J♦
With the turn landing 2♦ and river of 2♣, Pham’s set improved to a full house and he scooped up a nice pile of 35000 chips. Incidentally, Seal was eliminated in that hand.
South African player Marc Joseph just took out two players simultaneously, Norbert Koh and Karl Conroy. The hand started with Joseph raising to 500, Koh three-betting to 3500 all-in, and Conroy following with his 3425 remaining chips. Action was back to Joseph who had them both covered and dumped the necessary chips in to join the party.
Joseph: 8♦ 8♥
Koh: A♦ Q♣
Conroy: A♥ J♥
Board: 10♣ K♦ 9♠ 4♠ 4♦
And with the board drawing blanks for Koh and Conroy, both were out and Joseph was shipped all their chips.
Matias Arroyo just scooped a sizable pot against Andy Quan Ho. Catching only the final action, 11700 was weighing down the middle of the table and Arroyo added another 7425 bet for Ho to call. Ho debated until he eventually thought the better to call. Arroyo showed his 10♥ 10♣ set and was shipped a nice hefty pot.
Yi Tong Yang went all in for his remaining 20000 sending his opponent tanking for some time. The board showed 9♠ 2♣ 3♣ A♠ 4♥ and a pot of 9200 for the taking. Yang eventually claimed the pot after his opponent folded but not before showing his A♣. Yang didn’t show.