Rich and Donnie break down the epic slowroll at the Irish Poker Open, look ahead to the WPT500 at ARIA, discuss Christian Lusardi's sentencing, and the Global Poker Masters announcement.
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The remaining 44 player are on another 10-minute break.
| Seat | Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| Seat 1 | Tom Alner | 220,000 |
| Seat 2 | Hiroyuki Tanaka | 160,000 |
| Seat 3 | Bryan Huang | 155,000 |
| Seat 4 | David Evans | 35,000 |
| Seat 5 | Koichi Nozaki | 172,000 |
| Seat 6 | Stepan Lavrin | 78,000 |
| Seat 7 | Yunye Lu | 76,000 |
| Seat 8 | Dong Kim | 152,000 |
| Seat 9 | Vladimir Demenkov | 85,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000
168,800
|
168,800 |
|
172,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
160,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
155,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
152,000
69,300
|
69,300 |
|
85,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
78,000
54,900
|
54,900 |
|
76,000
76,000
|
76,000 |
|
35,000
4,300
|
4,300 |
The action started with Masaki Nakano raising to 4,100 from under the gun plus one. He was called by Tai Tan in middle position as well as Yang Wang on the button before Meikat Siu moved all in for her remaining 11,200 in chips. Nakano then reached for his chips and splashed out another raise to 24,400 which sent Tan thinking. He eventually made the call then Wang folded.
The flop came down 
and both live players checked. The 
on the turn saw Nakano bet out 12,000 and get snap called before the 
completed the board. Both players checked and waited as Siu tabled her 
Her pair would not win though as Nakano casually tabled his 
for the best hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000
140,900
|
140,900 |
|
|
210,000
115,800
|
115,800 |
|
80,000
15,300
|
15,300 |
|
Busted |
| Seat | Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| Seat 1 | Quan Bin Zhong | 75,000 |
| Seat 2 | Masato Yokosawa | 90,000 |
| Seat 3 | Lkhagvaa Dugarbaatar | 45,000 |
| Seat 4 | - | |
| Seat 5 | Patrick Weifels | 53,000 |
| Seat 6 | Genki Nakano | 225,000 |
| Seat 7 | Celina Lin | 62,000 |
| Seat 8 | Jason Park | 207,000 |
| Seat 9 | Yu Kurita | 57,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
225,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
207,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
90,000
16,100
|
16,100 |
|
||
|
|
75,000
13,900
|
13,900 |
|
62,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
||
|
57,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
53,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
45,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
There will be a new champion this year after Chane Kampanatsanyakorn was recently eliminated.
We were informed by a tournament staff that the defending champion was all in pre flop holding 
and was up against Tai Tan’s 
.
The board blanked and Kampanatsanyakorn was sent to the rail after another impressive run at an APPT Seoul main event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Tom Alner just helped us piece together a big hand as the dealer was counting down the stacks of both players involved. Koichi Nozaki raised before the flop after which Lawrence Chung and Alner called from the blinds.
The flop came down 
and the action was checked to Nozaki who bet, Chung raised and Alner folded. Nozaki then moved all in and Chung called for just shy of 70,000 chips. Nozaki had him covered.
Nozaki: 
Chung: 
The turn was the 
and that gave Nozaki a winning flush, as Chung did not have a redraw to a higher flush. On the river the 
hit and Chung hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
170,000
141,300
|
141,300 |
|
Busted |
We arrived at the table with the flop spread out 
and almost 30,000 in the pot.
Juicy Li checked from the small blind before Tomoyasu Arai bet out 6,000 from under the gun. The bet was called and both players watched as the 
fell on the turn.
Li instantly bet out 7,000 and was called before the 
completed the board. Li reached for her chips and splashed out 12,000 and sat there calmly waiting for her opponents decision.
Arai stared down Li but then burst into laughter after not being able to hold a straight face. Li laughed as well but still gave nothing away before Arai called time on himself.
With a few seconds to go he opted to fold as his cards flew into the muck. Li revealed a 
before raking in the pot and moving up to 77,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
77,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
23,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
| Seat | Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| Seat 1 | Hirotoshi Nakabo | 40,000 |
| Seat 2 | Juicy Li | 68,000 |
| Seat 3 | Junichi Nakagiri | 17,000 |
| Seat 4 | Tomoyasu Arai | 52,000 |
| Seat 5 | ||
| Seat 6 | Mick Min | 105,000 |
| Seat 7 | Kitty Kuo | 135,000 |
| Seat 8 | Tyler Jennens | 42,000 |
| Seat 9 | Yaxi Zhu | 43,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
|
105,000 | |
|
|
68,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
|
52,000
46,600
|
46,600 |
|
43,000
6,600
|
6,600 |
|
42,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
40,000 | |
|
17,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
