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Sam Razavi has just tripled up holding pocket queens. The 2012 APPT Grand Final winner moved all in and got called by one player who was squeezed out by a third player.
Razavi ended up heads up against and his hand survived the five cards that appeared on the board. Razavi still doesn't have much, but it's a whole lot better than a few minutes ago.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Sam Razavi | 23,000 | 16,000 |
Andy Chan has just knocked out the lovely Patty Pei Yu Lai from this tournament. After asking the players at her previous table the following information was collected.
Lai had raised before the flop with offsuit and she was called by Chan from the blinds. the flop was nine-high and both players checked. On the turn a popped up and Lai called a 4,500-chip bet from Chan.
On the river a popped up and Chan bet, after which Lai moved all in. Chan had made a straight with and he knocked his opponent out holding a straight.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Andy Chan | 100,000 | 4,700 |
Patty Pei Yu Lai | Busted |
Toshiyuki Onda started out the day eleventh in chips but has not had an easy go of it this afternoon. In this particular hand, he opened the action by raising to 2,400 from under the gun. He was three-bet from a middle position player to 8,000. Onda made the call and the players saw a flop.
Onda check-called his opponent's bet of 7,000 and the turn was dealt. Onda took the betting lead with 18,000. His opponent answered by moving all in. Onda cut out the chips to call which appeared to leave him with just about 16,000 behind. After some serious thought, he reluctantly let his cards go leaving him with about 1/3 of his stack from the start of the day.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Toshiyuki Onda | 34,000 | -66,200 |
Sam Razavi had just been knocked down to only 7,000 chips after he was on the losing end of an important hand.
Razavi raised to 3,300, from a total of 21,400, and the button and small blind decided to call. The flop brought out and all three players checked.
On the turn the hit and Razavi bet 3,900 after the small blind had checked once more. The button folded and the small blind called putting the out on the river. The small blind lead out for 7,500 and Razavi reluctantly called.
"Flush!" the gentleman excitedly announced as he showed .
Razavi quietly mucked before uttering, "I just can't fold that," indicating that he had indeed made a strong hand. The former APPT Grand Final winner has just a few big blinds left and he's likely to be all in within the next orbit or so.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Sam Razavi | 7,000 | -6,000 |
Ron Kluber went all in for his final 17,300 with and after some reluctance Takahashi Yoshiyuki made the call with . Kluber looked good for the double up until the flop came , giving Yoshiyuki plenty of more outs. The turn gave Yoshiyuki the flush and the river sent Kluber to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Ronald Kluber
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Busted |
Sid Kim, a from the USA but currently living in South-Korea, just managed to find himself a very big double up. The board read when Kim had moved all in for 35,200 and the action was on David Martirosyan who went into the tank for several minutes.
Eventually the clock was called and in the final seconds Martirosyan decided to make the call.
Kim turned over and after some "ooohs" and "aaahs" from the players at the table he raked in this big pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Sid Kim
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125,000 | 49,900 |
David Martirosyan | 100,000 | -45,000 |
Just a few hands after his double up, Aaron Lim found himself with against the of David Martirosyan.
We didn't see the action first hand but were told by Martirosyan and table mate Ron Kluber that Lim initially raised to 3,000 and Martirosyan reraised to put Lim all in. Lim called and the flop came to seal Lim's fate. Martirosyan is having a good morning so far and is accumulating a very healthy stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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David Martirosyan | 145,000 | 111,900 |
Aaron Lim
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Busted |
Sam Cohen, who started with a big stack, has been in control of her table right off the bat. Timothy Place just raised to 2,700 and Cohen called from the button after which Makoto Yoshimichi, from the small blind, three bet to 10,000.
Place quickly tossed in the call and Cohen followed suit.
On the flop popped up and Yoshimichi bet 15,000 after which Place quickly folded. Cohen announced she was all in and Yoshimichi quickly folded leaving himself with 59,000 chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Sam Cohen | 167,000 | 59,300 |
Makoto Yoshimichi | 59,000 | 11,000 |
After blinding down to just 7,100 in chips, Aaron Lim patiently waited for a hand by folding the first four that he saw. He was under the gun when he found and decided to go with it, pushing his final 6,700 into the middle. He was called by Chunjie Liu with .
The flop came and Lim got out of his chair, resigned to call it a day. The outlook got much brighter when the came on the turn. After the came on the river, he took his seat ready to find his next opportunity for a double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Aaron Lim
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14,200 | 7,100 |