Oh Dear; Xiaoyi Wins Three-way

The last five hands had not long been announced and we were lurking near Wang Yuexin’s table to see how the former frontrunner had been getting on. Yuexin’s stack had dwindled a little though he still looked to have in the region of 100,000.

We were in the process of just double-checking this when a massive three-way pot played out, though Yuexin was not involved, with all the chips finding their way into the middle pre-flop.

The man to shove first was Xiaoyi He who moved in for a little over 30,000 from the hi-jack only to see Singapore’s Clarence Oh re-shove from the button for 83,000 with a player in the big blind also deciding that the chance for a triple-up was too good to pass up on and he called off his last 25,000 and the cards were turned over.

Big blind:
Xiaoyi He:
Clarence Oh:

Xiaoyi had by far the worst of it and Oh looked primed to bust both players with his pocket queens but the flop gave the big blind a faint glimmer of hope. Oh’s hopes, on the other hand, were quickly dashed with the appearance of the turn card, which gave Xiaoyi the lead.

The big blind was on his feet calling for the straight but the hit the river instead to give Xiaoyi trips and the pot. Never underestimate the power of runner, runner…