Ivan Leow Comes Over the Top
Level 19
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Ivan Leow raised to 23,000 from early position, Jwahyoung Kim called from the small blind, and Sparrow Cheung called from the big blind.
The flop fell 
and action checked to Leow who bet 29,000. Kim check-raised to 80,000, Cheung folded, and Leow re-popped it to 190,000, sending Kim into the tank. After about a minute, Kim folded the 
face up. Leow said he'd bluffed, and Kim seemed skeptical.
"You can show my cards," Leow said to the dealer as he pointed towards the muck before the chips were pushed his way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
490,000 | 50,000 |
|
435,000 | 25,000 |
against Chan's 
. The 
flop gave Chan two pair, and although Wu hit his ace on the 
and both players checked.
and Chan bet 26,000. Janik shoved for about 80,000 and Chan called to put him at risk.
fell on the river and they split the pot.
Xingbiao Zhu checked from the big blind and Yuki Ko bet 20,000 from the button. Zhu called.
and Zhu checked. Ko bet again, 70,000 this time, and Zhu called.
and Zhu checked once more. Ko bet 110,000 and Zhu called. Ko showed 
for a rivered pair of kings and it was good enough to win the pot.
, Takumi Samejima was under the gun and heads-up with Scott Janik in the big blind. Samejima had already committed 20,000 chips and was facing a decision for a total of 45,000 from Janik. After some thought, Samejima reraised to 135,000. Janik took a few moments before he shoved for about 500,000, putting Samejima to a decision for his stack of approximately 400,000. Samejima called fairly quickly and the two players tabled their hands.
river changed nothing and Janik took the massive pot to send Samejima to the cage.
flop added to Sukegawa's equity by giving him a gutshot. The turn was a 
though, and the river a harmless 
. Janik had Sukegawa covered by just 20,000 or so.