HomeKamran Siddiqui just got paid big in a hand against San Mitsuta and Marc Joseph. Siddiqui raised to 4000 from under the gun, Mitsuta three-bet all in to make it 16,400 total to go, then Joseph went over the top and four-bet to 36000. Siddiqui announced all in and Joseph called.
Siddiqui: K♥ K♦
Mitsuta: A♣ 10♣
Joseph: 7♦ 7♣
The board ran 5♥ 4♠ 8♥ 2♣ 10♠ and with that, Siddiqui tripled up and Mitsuta bowed out.
We are at a one hour dinner break. Currently, Peter Nguyen is the chip leader with 203,100 followed by Marc Joseph with 192,700.
Azusa Maeda’s stack seems to have dwindled down and with 16800 left, he moved all in on top of Casey Kastle’s raise to 5100. Kastle tanked for some time then decide to fold.
Paul Tartak snap-called Tommy Le’s all in for a quick showdown. Tartak had A♣ A♥ and Le had A♣ K♦. The boar gave Le a pair but it wasn’t good enough against Tartak’s overpair. Tartak doubled up to 57000.
Jerwin Pasco has been dealt his final hand at the Main Event. His stack seesawed throughout the day but could not gain much momentum. In the end, he went all in with 2♦ 2♣ and was called by Ben Abrahams with A♦ K♠. The board ran Q♥ Q♠ J♣ 9♣ K♥ giving Abrahams the win and Pasco the boot.
Not happy with his loss to Peter Nguyen, Tien Pham entered another big pot with Nguyen that began with a raise by Nguyen in late position and called by both blinds, Pham and Michael Mariakis. At the flop of 4♣ 10♦ Q♣, everyone checked. At the turn of J♥, Pham led with a 6000 bet, got called by Mariakis, but raised to 18000 by Pham. Pham, like previous encounter, smooth-called, while Mariakis folded. On the river of 5♣, both players opted to check and Pham won with his K♠ J♦ pair against Nguyen’s 6♠ 8♣ that missed.
No matter where he sits, Peter Nguyen is ready to play some poker, ready to take your chips. With his growing stack, Nguyen continues to enter pots that cost balloon to a massive pile at the showdown. In one of those hands, Nguyen began with a re-raise to 15000 from under-the-gun, (we are uncertain what happened prior to that). He was called by David Steicke on the small blind seat. At the flop of 7♦ 8♠ 2♣, Steicke bet 18000 to which Nguyen responded with an all in. Steicke quickly folded.
Nguyen won an even bigger pot when he got in a hand with Tien Pham. With a raised pot pre flop before them, a board ran 6♣ 2♥ 10♥. Nguyen bet 8200 into the pot, Pham called, and Steicke got out of the way. On the turn of J♠, betting continued to be heavy with Nguyen sending out 13600, and again, Pham smooth-called. Then on the river of 10♦, Nguyen laid out another big bet, this time 27000 worth of chips. Pham tank-called. Nguyen won the pot with his A♠ 10♠ trips. Pham showed J♥.
Tien Pham ousted Jun Funabashi with his 8♠ 8♣ straight. Funabashi had A♥ J♦. The board was 3♦ 10♦ Q♦ 9♥ J♠.
San Mitsuta and Wen Ling Gao seem to have it out for each other as both engaged in three separate pots. In the first meeting, Gao was all in with A-K against Mitsuta’s A-Q. With the board running blanks, Gao won and doubled up her short stack.
Not long after, they met again. Mitsuta’s J♣ 5♣ losing to Gao’s A♥ 5♥ nut flush on a board that ran Q♥ 4♣ 6♥ 8♥ 5♦. She doubled up again.
Then in a later hand, Mitsuta three-bet all in with his remaining 8900 and Gao called. Mitsuta had K♥ J♦ up against Gao’s 10♦ A♣. With the board running 6♣ 6♠ Q♦ 10♣ K♣, Mitsuta connected with a pair and retrieved some of his chips from Gao.