Macaron Tran was hoping a bet would be fired in this hand with him sandwiched in between two hitters. On a flop 9♥ 9♠ 10♣ and over 50k in the middle, sb Richard Marquez, mp Tran, and db Quang Nguyen checked. Same on the turn Q♠ and river J♠. Marquez showed 8♦ 7♣ straight but Tran had 9♣ 9♦ quads. Quang mucked.
Shoves on Table 4.. the first hand sb Nguyen Duc Bien shoved with Q♣ 5♠ only to run into Ngo Trung Hieu’s A♠ K♠. The board ran 3♣ 8♣ 8♦ 8♠ 9♦. Duc Bien busted.
Two hands after, a big pot was in the middle, sb Lee Seok Young was all in on a river board 7♥ 2♥ K♥ Q♦ 3♥ and was snap-called by bb Oliver Helm. Lee had 8♦ 6♦ bluff, Helm with K♦ K♥ nut flush. Helm at 500k.
Action table 5 saw Cao Ngoc Anh raise to 7k, sb Lim Chor Heng three-bet to 22k, Cao Ngoc called. At the flop 4♠ 6♠ 9♣, Lim bet 25k, Cao Ngoc raised to 60k, Lim tank-shoved 142k total, Cao Ngoc called.
Lim A♣ K♣
Cao Ngoc 10♣ 9♦ top pair
The turn 4♣ gave Lim more outs but still behind. The river A♥ changed all that with a higher pair spiked. Lim doubled up to 335k, Cao Ngoc dropped to 210k.
From mid position, Tung Nguyen raised to 7k, sb Quann Nguyen three-bet to 21.5k, Tung called. The flop K♦ 8♦ 6♠, Tung check-called Quang’s 17.5k bet. The turn 10♠ and river 10♥ both slowed down and checked, Tung won it with A♦ Q♦ over Quang’s A♠ J♦.
Preflop pot was 65k, the flop 4♠ K♠ Q♥, sb Je Hun Hong bet the pot, db Cao Ngoc Anh folded. Je up to 480k.
Ta Duy Quoc Chinh railed one with J♣ J♦ winning the flip against a player with A♣ K♠. The board bricked. Chinh now at 300k.
Vazbhav Sharma raised, Richard Marquez three-bet to 18.5k, Sharma called. The flop came 7♦ J♦ 2♥, Sharma checked, Marquez bet 30k, Sharma shoved (67k), Marquez called.
Sharma 7♥ 7♣ set
Marquez 3♦ 5♦ draw
The turn 4♣ and river K♣ was good for a double up to Sharma. Sharma now at 175k, Marquez dropped to 200k.
Cao Ngoc Anh just shipped a very deserving pot after calling out the ace high bluff of Frank Lillis. We jumped in the action on the flop K♠ 4♠ 9♣ with over 70k in the pot. Sb Lillis led for 50k, late-position Cao Ngoc called. On the turn 4♣, Lillis bet 36k, and still Cao Ngoc called. The river 8♥, Lillis moved all in for 100k, Cao Ngoc had around 104k, he tank-called.
Lillis showed A♥ Q♥ ace high and Cao Ngoc shipped it with 8♠ 5♠ pair. What a call. Cao Ngoc now at 420k.
Action packed preflop started with SJ Kim raising to 5500, called by Joseph Talamyan, Chen Dajza three-bet to 20k, Ashish Munot four-bet to 50k, Kim and Talamayan folded, Chen shoved, called by Munot.
Munot J♥ J♦
Chen K♥ K♣
The board ran K♦ 5♦ 10♥ A♦ 2♣ for a double up to Chen.