PokerStars Team Pro Bryan Huang had already increased the stack since the last break and got through with a value-bet worth 4,000 on the river. The opponent of Huang flipped over his and tapped the table once Huang had revealed his and the Team Pro is on the right track for a big stack.
With the board reading , Sean McMahon made a bet worth 2,325 and Johnjin asked the dealer again for the exact amount before making the call and then quickly nodding. McMahon had flipped over for kings and fours, which won the pot. "Nice hand. Call with ace-high," Kim said to his opponent and flashed the before releasing his two cards into the muck.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada's Tom Lee decided to play this event while traveling around South East Asia. Now he finds himself among the chip leaders as Level 6 comes to a close here on Day 1a.
Lee's biggest jumps came courtesy of a few big hands, including one where he picked up pocket aces versus pocket queens and another where he won a flip with over jacks.
"Other than that I've won a lot of uncontested pots," he told PokerNews.
The very same player that had previously paid off the pocket aces of Bryan Huang now shipped over the remainder of his stack to Quang Duong. From what could be gathered on the table, Duong had top pair with the on and called the shove of the opponent to get shown pocket fours, a failed semi-bluff attempt. None of the remaining fours in the deck showed up on the river and the chips were awarded to Duong.
Sean Mcmahon and Johnjin Kim got into yet another interesting spot and the latter bet 1,900 on the flop to receive a call by the Australian on the button. Kim also fired the turn for 3,425 and was called before the fell on the river. Now, Kim made it 7,500 to go and Mcmahon was sent into the think tank for at least two minutes.
The Australian made the reluctant call and Kim immediately tapped the table before sheepishly turning over his . Mcmahon was relieved and claimed the pot with the .
Jester Intia was all in for 17,025 after the turn of a board and Hai Ha Tran didn't say a word, instead exposed his . The tournament director happened to walk past the table and inquired what was going on after Tran had still not said a single word. "You have just killed the hand," the TD said and as such the cards went into the muck.
Train said that he would have folded anyways and received a "It doesn't matter anyways, I have the nuts" from Jester. The local player smashed his to the middle of the table and was unhappy about not getting the full double up.
The player in one seat over from Johnjin Kim just almost tripled up to 40,000 chips while the former failed to score the pot with in a three-way all in. Another short-stack hit the rail with pocket queens while the second biggest stack in the hand won it all with the on a board of despite Kim's loud demand for a Ten.
One hand later, Sean Mcmahon opened to 1,600 and a short-stack moved all in for 6,600. Kim announced a raise from the cutoff before saying "I am all in". The Filipino counted his stack for 38,100 total and joked "tomorrow again" after Vivian Im woke up in the small blind with a curios look on the face. Ultimately Im, Thomas Ward in the big blind and Mcmahon mucked.
The short stack was at risk with but Kim's stayed ahead on a board.
"Wow I am lucky," Dongkyu Kim said after he had gotten his stack of 35 big blinds in preflop in a raising war with the player next to him, out of the big blind with the . He faced the for his tournament life after being covered and completed a straight on the board.
Shortly after he shoved out of the small blind with and the remaining chips of the previous opponent vanished with on a board of .
Norwegian Rolf Galasen has moved his stack up above six figures here in Level 7.
His big move came in hand with a ton of fireworks three handed on a flop. After an opening raise got called by one player, Galasen raised it up. The original raiser called before the original caller pushed all in.
Galasen followed suit for a lot more and the original raiser let it go.
Galasen had flopped the nut straight on and his opponent had decided to get frisky with . The turn and river gave him trips, but it wasn't enough.