The board showed , Vidwath Shetty moved all his chips into the middle and he found one caller. His opponent turned over for a pair of queens and Shetty tabled for a pair of kings, eliminating his opponent and adding a healthy pot to his stack.
Charalampos Lappas is one of the few non-Asian players in the field and is apparently no stranger to the Asian poker scene.
The flop read and Xiang Dou had the all-in button in front of him.
Lappas was kind enough to relate what had happened: the player in the under-the-gun position raised, a few others called. Dou was sitting in the big blind and three-bet to 1,800. The initial raiser four-bet to 4,200 and only Dou called.
After the dealer dealt the flop, Dou bet 5,050 and his opponent raised to 12,000. Dou responded with a shove and got a fold.
A few hands later, the under-the-gun player raised to 550 and got one other caller before it was Lappas' turn in the small blind. Lappas three-bet to 2,000 and the initial raiser snap-called.
"At least think about it!" Lappas exclaimed.
"I thought about it" his opponent replied.
The other caller quickly folded.
The flop brought them the , Lappas continued with another bet of 1,500. His opponent quickly raised to 3,800. Lappas considered his options for a while but then opted to fold.
Bibek Karki opened to 650 on the cutoff. The player in the big blind raised to 3,000. Karki called.
The flop was . The big blind bet 3,000. Karki called.
The turn brought the and the player in the big blind continued with a bet 6,000. Karki called again.
The river came the and the big blind threw in a last bet of 20,000. Karki tank-called. His opponent mucked his hand and Karki took down the pot without showing.
The player in middle position opened to 800. Thomas Kung-Chun Larsen, on the cutoff, three-bet to 2,575. Action folded back to the original raiser who quickly added the remainder to call.
The flop came . The player in middle position checked. Larsen threw in a bet of 3,000, that was enough to get his opponent to fold.