If you were ever going to have a poker name that signifies an aggressive gambling style then Bjorn Li would fit the bill with its Scandi-Asian mix. We have one such fellow in the room today, and he's the new chip leader on around 500,000 chips.
Pokernews had a chat with him and he told us that two big hands have accounted for the majority of his rise.
The first came about in a blind-on-blind battle. He opened and then four-bet ace-king and his opponent three-bet, five-bet all-in for 66,000 with pocket sixes. Li spiked and the big blind was out the door.
The next big hand saw Li three-bet an opponent with king-nine. His opponent called to see a 10x] flop where he check-raised Li's 14,000 c-bet up to 75,000, with 75,000 back. Li set him in for the rest and he called with jacks for a set and failed to fill up.
We came to Leo Boxell's last hand with a board showing and Boxell in the hand against Andrew Mellado. The action was on Boxell and he led for 11,000. Mellado made the call on the button and the was dealt on the turn.
Boxell again led, this time for 25,000 and this is when Mellado moved all in. Boxell thought for some time before making the call. Mellado turned over his for a flopped set, too strong for Boxell's . The on the river changed nothing and Boxell picked up his trademark wombat plush toy and made his way to the exit.
On a flop, Jason Koon check-raised two other players who'd put in 8,000 apiece. He made it 21,000 from the big blind, and only one opponent came along the rest of the way — a gentleman in middle position who we infer was the preflop raiser and flop bettor.
The turn brought the , and Koon continued out with another 32,000. Mr. Opponent spent some time thinking it over as a call on fourth would essentially commit him to the pot. After some time, he double-checked his holdings and slid the call into the middle of the table, leaving about 50,000 behind.
The river was a blank-looking , and Koon didn't need much time to announce his covering all in. Mr. Opponent was smitten, shaking his head and fumbling his chips with a good measure of either confusion or frustration showing visibly. He shrugged a few times as if there wasn't much he could do about his spot, and he pushed the last of his stack across the line.
Koon turned over for the baby set of ducks, and that would earn him the knockout. His opponent showed his , but top pair was second-best all the way. He's out, and Koon chips his way up to about 260,000 with that pot.
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10x] flop where he check-raised Li's 14,000 c-bet up to 75,000, with 75,000 back. Li set him in for the rest and he called with jacks for a set and failed to fill up.
and Boxell in the hand against Andrew Mellado. The action was on Boxell and he led for 11,000. Mellado made the call on the button and the 
was dealt on the turn.
for a flopped set, too strong for Boxell's 
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on the river changed nothing and Boxell picked up his trademark wombat plush toy and made his way to the exit.
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and Capra smiled and gave a fist pump to himself.
, and Koon didn't need much time to announce his covering all in. Mr. Opponent was smitten, shaking his head and fumbling his chips with a good measure of either confusion or frustration showing visibly. He shrugged a few times as if there wasn't much he could do about his spot, and he pushed the last of his stack across the line.
for the baby set of ducks, and that would earn him the knockout. His opponent showed his 
and Argyros had 
left out in front of him for trip twos. Unfortunately for him his opponent had 
