Chan Wins From Loebus, Huang Wins From Radzivonau

Home turf advantage can count for a lot, regardless of the sport and several of the field’s notable Asian players are doing pretty well versus some of the visitors.

For Hong Kong’s Justin Chan, Macau is like a second home, although his opponent in this particular hand – Russia’s Artem Lobus – can also boast some impressive results here.

Chan was the aggressor, opening to 700 from the cutoff, with Lobus making the call from the button to take play heads-up to the monochrome flop, which brought checks from both players.

The turn brought a fourth spade to keep the board all black and Chan checked for a second time. Lobus decided to take a stab and bet out 1,100, which Chan called to bring the action to the river.

Chan checked again and Lobus checked it right back, mucking his cards when Chan turned over to take the pot.

While Bryan Huang is not a Macau native the Singaporean has been playing here so long that he might as well be. Following an early position raise to 700, Huang called from mid position, as did Belarus’ Kiryl Radzivonau from the big blind to take the action three-way.

The flop brought a check from Radzivonau and the original raiser so Huang opted to take control of the hand with a bet of 1,100. Radzivonau made the call and the third player bowed out to take play heads-up to the turn.