Mansour on the Comeback Trail

With the flop reading and 37,200 in the pot, an interesting three-way hand played out between Mikael Larsson (big blind), Tao Chen (middle position) and Ramin Mansour (cutoff).

There had already been some betting action from the other two before Mansour had moved all-in from the button for ~65,000. Larsson mulled it over for a few seconds before declaring he was all-in as well and sliding out a 100k tower of yellow chips to represent this fact.

This sent the third man in the hand, Tao Chen, deep into the tank, where he remained for several minutes as some of the other players in the tournament wandered over to watch the sizable pot that was brewing. Eventually, Chen folded, telling the table after the hand that he folded the nut flush draw, and Larsson and Mansour turned over their hands.

Mikael Larsson:
Ramin Mansour:

Larsson grimaced when he saw how bad a shape he was in, with Mansour holding the case five and dominating his set, and the turn and river saw the latter scoop the sizable pot - not bad at all when you consider the fact that Mansour returned for Day 2 with just 17,000 in chips.