Michael Shinzaki lost a huge chunk of his stack to Justin Tazelaar in a hand that extended about a minute into the break. We picked up the action on the turn, where Shinzaki, sitting in the big blind, bet 5,075 on a board of . Tazelaar called.
The river was the . Shinzaki moved all in, a bet effectively equal to Tazelaar's remaining 24,075 chips. Tazelaar tanked for two minutes, holding his head in his hands, before calling.
"You win," said Shinzaki. Tazelaar waited for Shinzaki to open his hand. Finally (and reluctantly) Shinzaki showed a total airball, . Tazelaar collected the pot with two pair, kings and nines . He moved to about 60,000 in chips while Shinzaki si down to 12,000.
Burenjargand Badansuren has been eliminated by Terry Fan.
The flop, had been preceded by some heavy action preflop. The flop was no different with Badansuren firing out a bet of about 8,000, the other player folding, before Fan moved all in covering Badansuren. Badansuren made the call for the last of his 23,000 chips and opened to be in front of Fan's .
That was until the dealer turned the much to the disgust of the table, who let out a collective groan.
The river was not able to get Badansuren out in front and he hits the rail.
Life is good for chip leader Meenelai Bold. He recently made full houses on back-to-back hands. First Karl Krautschneider paid off Bold's 10,000-chip river bet on a board of , saying "I just don't believe you," as he opened . Not believing Bold was a bad idea, as Bold showed for top full house.
The very next hand, Bold bet 3,000 on a board of . His lone opponent check-raised to 12,000 and warned Bold, "I have a lot of chips." Bold called anyway, then moved in on the turn. His opponent quickly called with , a set of fives; Bold had top two pair and was drawing slim but live. He pounded the table, then jumped out of his seat and shouted in triumph when the river repeated to give both players a full house, but Bold the biggest full house.
Today has been a quiet day for the most part for Raymond Wu. His starting stack had stayed relatively the same for the majority of Day 1a, but it has just hit a sudden spike.
Preflop, Wu's opponent made a raise and the PokerStars Asia Pro made the call from the blinds taking a flop. On the flop Wu checked-called a bet from his opponent and they moved to the turn .
On the turn Wu led out and the opponent moved all in for around 13,000 and Wu snap called tabling to be well in control of the hand against his opponent's .
The river blanked off shipping virtually a double up to Wu. He sits on 44,000.
On a flop of a player in middle position fired out 2,500 and Jo Ker flat called.
They moved to the turn where the opponent fired out 4,500. Ker moved over the top all in for another 12,000 and the opponent went into the tank before making the call.
Ker:
Opponent:
Kerr looked in trouble till the dealer burned and then turned the on the river.
"I sucked out one time" said Ker, almost embarassed.
Mike Kim's been all in a few times already this afternoon. He was at it again, all in for 15,900 on an all-small flop, . His opponent, Kenny Shih, tanked for more than a minute before calling.
"You have queens?" Kim asked. "I put you on queens." Sure enough, Shih turned over . Kim showed , drawing an exasperated sigh from Shih. The board ran out and , no help for Shih. He had to pay off the double-up to Kim.