Aaron Lim opened for a raise under the gun and called a three-bet to 72,000 from Mike Del Vecchio. Lim check-called 56,000 on the flop and both checked the . Lim bet 130,000 on the river and Del Vecchio folded in short order.
Two Zhang's are on the feature table and one of them is Bobby Zhang, who defended his big blind with against a button raise by David Leas, who held . On the turn, Zhang check-raised all in over a bet by Leas with his gutshot straight and flush draw, and that ultimately got Leas to fold his top pair.
A short-stacked Nino Marotta shoved his last 124,000 from the cutoff and Toby Lewis called from the small blind.
Nino Marotta:
Toby Lewis:
Marotta spiked a king on the flop but needed more help if he was to survive. Neither turn nor river improved him further and he bowed out in 41st place.
In a battle of the blinds, Nino Marotta raised and then bet all three streets against Ari Engel with the board running out . Once being called on the river, Marotta had to table for a bluff and Engel claimed the pot with for jacks and nines.
Kim Au made it 28,000 to go from the cutoff and both Vincent Chua and James Broom in the blinds called. On the flop, both blinds checked to Au and his continuation bet worth 35,000 was called by Chua only. The fell on the turn and Chua check-raised all in against a second barrel of 45,000 by Au, the instant call followed immediately.
Kim Au: - a set of sixes
Vincent Chua: - a gutshot straight draw
The river failed to improve Chua and Au doubled for 305,000.
James Broom raised to 23,000 from under the gun and Kahle Burns called one seat over. On the flop, Broom checked, Burns bet 23,000 and Broom called. Both players checked the on the turn.
On the river, Broom checked and Burns bet a hefty 90,000. Broom gave it some thought before flicking in a calling chip. Instantly, Burns gave him the thumbs up, indicating Broom was good, and showed . Broom showed and collected the pot.
Picking up the action on the turn, Arne Ruge called a bet worth 58,000 by Espen Solaas and then faced another big bet of 135,000 on the river. Ruge took quite some time before folding and said "too much, I was gonna bluff you with the bottom of my range."
Najeem Ajez raised to 30,000, Chen Am Lin called on the button and Artur Koren called from the big blind. On the flop, it got checked to Lin who bet. Koren check-raised and then called Lin's push for 324,000 total.
Chen An Lin:
Artur Koren:
Despite not being active in the hand, Arif Mustafa was the most excited of the bunch and jumped out of his seat.
"All in!" he yelled while clapping in excitement. "They're big stacks too!"
Koren needed to hit one of his straight cards to win and added the eights and jacks on the turn. Neither of those outs appeared on the to give Lin a full double-up.
Mike Del Vecchio raised to 25,000 and Johan Schumacher called on the button. Anthony Hachem three-bet all in for 135,000 from the big blind. Del Vecchio called and Schumacher folded.
Mike Del Vecchio:
Anthony Hachem:
The flop was a good one for Hachem, coming . The turn was the and the river the leaving both Hachem and his rail celebrating.