HomeLimped pots may seem small but with six players in the hand, the pot can get quite attractive. After the dealer scooped in all the betted chips, the flop was spread J♠ 5♣ 10♠. Acting first, sb player Azusa Maeda check-called a 1000 bet by the cutoff man while the rest folded. At the turn of K♠, they both checked. Then on the river of 3♣, Maeda led for 2100 and won the pot. He collected around 2200 in low denomination chips.
Sometimes players turn up some great hands and sometimes the board happens to be the best hand. In a recent encounter between Flo Camponanes and Patrick Homsel, that ‘s exactly what happened. It started with Camponanes raising double from the button, then was three-bet to 1200 by Homsel from the small blind. At the flop of 3♠ 4♦ 5♠, Homsel led out for 1550 which was popped to 3600 by Camponanes. Homsel immediately announced he was all-in, and Camponanes made the call.
Homsel: A♥ 2♥ straight
Camponanaes: 4♣ 5♣ two pair
Clearly ahead, Homsel watched as the board opened an A♠ on the turn and a 2♣ on the river. With the board showing a straight, a made hand Homsel already had at the flop, both players split the pot.
Utg player Gilbert Goh kicked off the action at his table with a raise to 600 and was joined by three players to see a flop of 5♠ Q♠ 7♥. Tetsuya Tsuchikawa on the small blind seat checked, Azusa Maeda on the big blind checked, Goh continued with a 1400 bet, and only found one caller in Tsuchikawa. On the turn of 3♦, Tsuchikawa check-called again, this time a 2200 bet by Goh. Then on the river of 3♣, Tsuchikawa checked once more but could not bring himself to call the 4400 bet by Goh. Goh won the pot without a showdown.
Wang Shih Ciao has been chipping up quietly, eliminating a couple as well. In a recent bust out, the board showed A♣ 5♥ 10♥ and Ciao led out for 4600 which was returned with an all in raise to 8000 by his sole opponent in the hijack seat. Ciao smooth-called and showed his A♥ 9♥ top pair nut flush draw while his opponent had A♠ J♦ top pair. With the turn of Q♠, Ciao was still behind, but with the river of 5♥, he connected with a heart and claimed the pot while booting his opponent simultaneously.
Emanuel Seal has just eliminated Anthony Joseph Hope which began with a raise by Seal to 1700 from mid-position and a shove of around 8000 chips by Hope. Seal quickly called and was ahead with K♥ K♣ against Hope’s A♣ K♦. The board bricked and Seal scooped the chips as Hope took his leave of the field.
Marc Joseph made a massive 12000 bet into a pot of 7500 with the board showing 2♠ K♦ 3♣ 10♠. After tanking a bit, Nicolas Fuentes called and they went to see an expensive river card land 3♠. Instantly Joseph announced all in for 12,400 chips. This sent Fuentes tanking once more. Fuentes eventually folded and thinking Fuentes said call, Joseph accidentally showed his cards A♠ K♣.
After a minimal pre-flop raise action, Nam Le and Emanuel Seal saw a flop land 2♥ 7♥ 9♣. Seal checked to Le who bet 625 which was called. At the turn of 4♣ and river of 6♣, both checked, and Le won with his A♦ K♦. Le collected a 2600 pot.
Kwan Kit Kwok seems to be making it very tough on his opponents having won several pots without a showdown. New player at the table, Bryan Huang Diwei got a taste of Kwok’s game when he entered a pot that began with Alex Stapfer raising to 450 from the utg seat. Four players called, including Huang and Kwok. The board ran 4♥ 6♦ 10♥ and Tommy Le from mid-position laid out the first bet of the round worth 700. Right after him was Kwok who raised to 2000 and finding one caller in Huang. Le folded. At the turn of K♦,Huang checked to Kwok who slid out 4200 worth of chips and with that, Huang folded.
Several hands later, Kwok eliminated Stapfer further increasing his stack to over 70K.
Michael Mariakis is back at the felt and min-raised to 400 from the utg seat. He was called by five players including Azusa Maeda on the cutoff seat. At the flop of A♠ Q♥ 6♠, the blinds checked to Mariakis who bet 550 and found himself two callers, Maeda and the small blind player. At the turn of 6♣, they all checked. Then on the river of 7♥, they all checked once more. Maeda won the hand with his K♣ Q♣. He earned 4050 more chips to add to his growing stack.