Arriving at the table of Nicolas Cardyn and spotting about 22,000 chips in the middle, the Frenchman carefully studied the board before checking. His opponent checked behind and the Frenchman had to show first for two over cards to the board and a flush draw that didn't come. Indeed it was no good, as his opponent held the and Cardyn dropped below starting stack.
Yuguang Li is currently leading the 2015 Asia Player of the Year Leaderboard because of his back to back titles during the Macau Poker Cup in March of this year.
He took down the Red Dragon event before late registering the High Roller event on the same day and taking that down the following day. The two titles earned Li just over $450,000 in prize money.
We caught Li in a hand that started with the action folding around to the player on the button. He raised it up to 625 only to watch Li bump it up to 1,800 in chips. The bet was called and both players watched the flop come down
A check followed before the player on the button slid out 1,700 in chips. Li made the call before both players checked their option on the turn.
The completed the board and Li reached for his chips and splashed out 4,700. The bet was enough to take down the pot as Li’s opponent threw his cards into the muck.
Xing Zhou had just dropped just over 10,000 chips to the player in seat three after being unable to beat and shook his head when facing a raise to 1,500 and the call of Winfred Yu. Zhou also called out of the small blind and saw a flop of . Yu called the continuation bet of the initial raiser for 3,000 whereas Zhou mucked his cards.
On the turn, the opponent of Yu bet 10,000 and was called before the river then saw a third barrel worth 25,000. That proved to be too much for Yu and he mucked.
After two limps worth 400 each, Sam Higgs raised to 1,800 and was called by both limpers to see a flop of . The Australian checked out of the small blind and the initial limper from early position bet 3,500. That shut down all further action and a frustrated looking Higgs tossed his cards into the muck.
The action started with the player under the gun raising to 1,100 in chips. He was called by Nick Wong in middle position as well as the player in the cut off and both the blinds.
The flop came down and the small blind checked. The player on the big blind then bet out 1,500 which only interested Wong as the remaining three players got out of the way.
With the falling on the turn the player in the small blind checked. Wong threw out 4,000 but was met with an instant announcement of all in. The bet was just over 17,000 which Wong had covered. Wong made the call and the cards were tabled.
Wong:
Opponent:
Wong was in great shape with top pair against his opponent flush draw as well as gut-shot straight draw. Unfortunately for Wong the completed the board giving his opponent the higher pair and the winning hand. Following that hand Wong drops down to 14,000 in chips.
The biggest score of Percy Yung was a second place in the Red Dragon here in Macau back in January 2014 for HK$ 1,159,000 and the Chinese is the first player to more than double up her stack. In one of the last few hands before the break we saw Yung call a bet on the flop from the button and then lead the turn for 11,000 against two opponents.
There were about 15,000 in the pot and Yung didn't have to show any of her cards to scoop the pot.
Without crocodile shirt, sunglasses or the crocodile itself, Billy "The Croc" Argyros has taken a seat on the table of Sam Higgs just before the end of level 3. KC Wong had called a raise by Higgs and the player in the small blind was also interested to see more cards.
Wong led for 1,500 and was called only by the player in the blinds before the was checked through. On the river, Wong called a bet worth 2,000 and tabled his as winning hand whereas the other player had also paired the queen on the river with .
It was a rather short day in the office for Darian Tan. The Malaysian called a raise to 800 by Peter Andersson just before the break and the player in the small blind did so, too. On a flop of , Andersson continued for 2,000 and was called while the turn delivered a low card.
Andersson bet 5,000 and Tan got the remainder of his shot stack in, holding the . The Swede looked him up with and the river bricked to see Tan heading to the rail.
board before checking. His opponent checked behind and the Frenchman had to show 
first for two over cards to the board and a flush draw that didn't come. Indeed it was no good, as his opponent held the 
and Cardyn dropped below starting stack.
completed the board and Li reached for his chips and splashed out 4,700. The bet was enough to take down the pot as Li’s opponent threw his cards into the muck. 
and shook his head when facing a raise to 1,500 and the call of Winfred Yu. Zhou also called out of the small blind and saw a flop of 
turn, the opponent of Yu bet 10,000 and was called before the 
river then saw a third barrel worth 25,000. That proved to be too much for Yu and he mucked.
. The Australian checked out of the small blind and the initial limper from early position bet 3,500. That shut down all further action and a frustrated looking Higgs tossed his cards into the muck.
and the small blind checked. The player on the big blind then bet out 1,500 which only interested Wong as the remaining three players got out of the way. 
falling on the turn the player in the small blind checked. Wong threw out 4,000 but was met with an instant announcement of all in. The bet was just over 17,000 which Wong had covered. Wong made the call and the cards were tabled. 
flop from the button and then lead the 
turn for 11,000 against two opponents.
, Andersson continued for 2,000 and was called while the turn delivered a low card.
